Rituel au "Mar Vmon" et sacrifice du porc
Chant A gua, itinéraire des plantes cultivées
Chargée du département d'Océanie du Musée de l'homme, elle part en 1954 en Nouvelle-Guinée en coopération avec la recherche scientifique australienne. Elle s’est installée environ un an dans le village de Mapos chez les Buang. Puis, elle a descendu le Sepik, d’Ambunti à Angoram et poursuivit vers la région Murik. Elle termina son périple dans les Hautes Terres en 1955. https://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1967_num_14_8_2938?pageId=T1_338
In charge of the Oceania department at the Musée de l'Homme, she left in 1954 for New Guinea in cooperation with Australian scientific research. She settled for about a year in the village of Mapos among the Buang people. Then, she traveled down the Sepik River, from Ambunti to Angoram, and continued on to the Murik region. She finished her journey in the Highlands in 1955.
Jean Henri Huon de Navrancourt est né en 1917 à Uzès, dans le Gard, en France. Spéléologue et ethnologue : missions en Nouvelle-Guinée, notamment dans la région des Sources du Fly aux environs du Mont Kiunga. Il a recueilli des enregistrements de chants des populations Awins, Moyans ou Yengons, et Faiwolmins.
Jean Henri Huon de Navrancourt was born in 1917 in Uzès, Gard, France. A speleologist and ethnologist, he undertook missions in New Guinea, notably in the Fly River springs region near Mount Kiunga. He collected recordings of songs from the Awin, Moyans or Yengons, and Faiwolmin peoples.
Male Chorus (with announcement) expressing joy
Song dedicated to the life of the Bird of Paradise
Song of the neighboring tribe of the Awins, the Moyans or Yengons
Gamelan Selunding: Ritual love court dance Redjang
Selunding Gamelan : Danse rituelle de cour d'amour Redjang
Music recordings made in Bali (Indonesia) by Louis Berthe and Bernard Yzerdraat, in 1961, 1962 and 1963.
Enregistrement sonores inédits réalisés à Bali (Indonésie) par Louis Berthe et Bernard Yzerdraat, en 1961, 1962 et 1963.
Bale (music place), Tenganan, 2024 (Photo: J. Simonnot)
"The Gamelan Selunding is one of three that are preserved in Tenganan, an autonomous village in eastern Bali, and a small republic still faithful today to its original tradition. There are three communal houses in Tenganan, each of them belonging to one of the three Associations of young people: our Selunding is that of Temu Kadja, the Common House of the North. This orchestra is composed of metallophones of different sizes, all with iron blades. The drums, which do not has no drum, is ensured by small cymbals, tjéng-tjéng, the only instrument which is not made of iron, but of an alloy of bronze and silver.The timbres are therefore exclusively metallic and, in fact, the together tinkles like a sumptuous carillon. Dedicated to sacred music and certain ritual dances, the Selunding is an ensemble that, even in Bali, we rarely hear." "Of the three pieces of Selunding reproduced here, the first, REDJANG, is the ritual dance of the 1st month of the year. The young girls of the village, adorned with very beautiful clothes and their most precious jewels, arrange themselves in lines in front of the Balé Agung, a high and vast platform where the members of the government meet daily, and where the most important ceremonies take place. To the sound of the orchestra, their groups wave gracefully to celebrate the annual rebirth of the divine children of Begawan Djaya Pangus, the mythical founding hero of the village." Louis Bertha, cf. back of the cover of the disc "Gamelans of Bali - Music of the Gods, music of Men" (CNRSMH_E_1965_007_001_001_01)
"Le Gamelan Selunding est l'un des trois qui sont conservés à Tenganan, village autonome de l'est de Bali, et petite république fidèle encore de nos jours à sa tradition originale. Il y a, à Tenganan, trois maisons communes, chacune d'elles appartenant à l'une des trois Associations de jeunes gens : notre Selunding est celui de Temu Kadja, la Maison Commune du Nord. Cet orchestre est composé de métallophones de tailles différentes, tous à lames de fer. La batterie, qui ne comporte pas de tambour, est assurée par de petites cymbales, tjéng-tjéng, seul instrument qui ne soit pas en fer, mais en un alliage de bronze et d'argent. Les timbres en sont donc exclusivement métalliques et, de fait, l'ensemble tinte comme un somptueux carillon. Voué à la musique sacrée et à certaines danses rituelles, le Selunding est un ensemble que, même à Bali, on a peu l'occasion d'entendre."" ""Des trois pièces de Selunding reproduites ici, la première, REDJANG, est la danse rituelle du 1er mois de l'année. Les jeunes filles du village, parée de très beaux vêtements et de leurs bijoux les plus précieux, se disposent en lignes devant le Balé Agung , haute et vaste plateforme où se réunissent quotidiennement les membres du gouvernement, et où se déroulent les cérémonies les plus importantes. Au son de l'orchestre, leurs groupes ondoient avec grâce pour célébrer l'annuelle renaissance des enfants divins de Begawan Djaya Pangus, le héros mythique fondateur du village." Louis Berthe, cf. verso de la pochette du disque ""Gamelans de Bali - Musique des Dieux, musique des Hommes"" (CNRSMH_E_1965_007_001_001_01)"
Music (Instrumental)
Field recording
Diversité de la musique Balinaise 1961-1963
Indonesia : Bali, Musical diversity, 1961-1963
Disque 33rpm :Gamelans de Bali - Musique des dieux, musique des hommes - https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/CNRSMH_E_1965_007_001/
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Centre de Recherche en Ethnomusicologie (LESC, CNRS)
For any use, please contact the CREM-LESC (CNRS, Nanterre University, France): crem.lesc[at]cnrs.fr ; See information at https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr
Magnetic tape
Magnetic tape; diameter 18cm; speed 19cm/s; Full Track, Mono
Tutorial video of the Pratinada interface
Tutoriel vidéo de l'interface Pratinada
Sound of the musical bow (rama) without striking the string with the stick
Son de l'arc musical (rama) sans frapper la corde avec un bâtonnet
Field recordings made on Atauro Island (Timor-Leste), 2019-2023, by Dana Rappoport.
Gravasaun kampu nian ne'ebé halo iha Illa Atauro (Timor-Leste), 2019-2023, hosi Dana Rappoport.
Enregistrements de terrain sur l'île d'Atauro (Timor-Leste), 2019-2023, par Dana Rappoport
Recording the two open pitches according to the position on the bow (Michèle Castellengo and Dana Rappoport). Atauro's musical bow consists of a metal string stretched between the two ends of an arched bamboo branch. Another small string partitions the string into two parts, at ¼ of the string. The string is mounted, knotted at three points: at both ends and also at ¼ of the bow. It vibrates by striking with a fairly thin named rod. In this test, the sound of both parts of the string is recorded. The two sounds appear to be in a fifth relationship.
Enregistrement des deux hauteurs à vide en fonction de la place sur l'arc (Michèle Castellengo et Dana Rappoport). L’arc musical d'Atauro est constitué d’une corde de métal tendue entre les deux bouts d’une branche en bambou arquée. Une autre petite corde partitionne la corde en deux parties, au ¼ de la corde. La corde est montée, nouée en trois points : aux deux extrémités et aussi au ¼ de l’arc. Elle vibre par frappement à l’aide d’une tige assez fine nommée. Dans cet essai, on enregistre le son des deux parties de la corde. Les deux sons semble être en relation de quinte.
Arc musical
Musical bow
Dana Rappoport di Toraja, 2018. Slide. Marib
Timor-Leste : Atauro island, D. Rappoport, 2019-2023
Ba'a Kaly (Cornelio), musical bow rama, Photo by Dana Rappoport, 2023
Recording archived and described by D. Rappoport at CREM-LESC, CNRS (France) in 2023.
In Copyright. Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Digital file
High quality of preservation and reproduction
Indonesia : Flores (East), Sikka, J. Simonnot, 2010
Indonésie : Flores (Est), Sikka, J. Simonnot, 2010
Indonesia : Flores (Timur), Sikka, J. Simonnot, 2010
J. Simonnot, Flores, 2010. L. Rivière (photo)
Field recordings collected in 2010 by Josephine Simonnot and Luc Rivière in eastern Flores, Indonesia (Maumere region).
Indonésie, musique vocale de Flores, 2010
Ənjuk haloʔ (mixed influences)
Music of the Kenyah and Modang recorded in 1977 by I Made Bandem, Nicole Revel-Macdonald and Jose Maceda, published with financial assistance of Unesco and Directorate of Culture of Indonesia. SIDE II - Modang. D - Cure of the sick.
Dayak
Nɘhɛs Liah Bing (Borneo Kalimantan)
Modang
Side B, track 9
Music (Vocal and instrumental)
Published record
Singing voice and percussions
Tong buweh
Music of the Kenyah and Modang in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Indonesia : Kalimantan (East), Music of the Kenyah and Modang, 1977 (LP)
Pochette (couverture - verso) du disque "The music of the Kenyah and Modang in East Kalimantan, Indonesia"
1979, REVEL, MACEDA & I Made Bandem, The Music of the Kenyah and the Modang, Kalimantan Timur, 33RPM, Unesco, University of the Philippines, Quezon City
LP Record archived in 1980 at Musée de l’Homme by J. Maceda. The digitization was carried out by the Ethnomusicology Center of the University of the Philippines in 2024. Available on line at CREM Database in 2024.
Data managed by UP Center for Ethnomusicology (Philippines): upethno_archive.upd[at]up.edu.ph
33 rpm
Record edited from magnetic tapes
Ənjuk modang (solo singer)
Side B, track 8
Singing voice: solo
Jɔng nyəlong (group of women)
Music of the Kenyah and Modang recorded in 1977 by I Made Bandem, Nicole Revel-Macdonald and Jose Maceda, published with financial assistance of Unesco and Directorate of Culture of Indonesia. SIDE II - Modang. C - Songs
Side B, track 7
Singing voice: female chorus
Nɔk Naʔ (solo and chorus)
Side B, track 6
Singing voice: male solo and chorus
Lukunwut
Tongluk təgguk (bamboo percussion)
Music of the Kenyah and Modang recorded in 1977 by I Made Bandem, Nicole Revel-Macdonald and Jose Maceda, published with financial assistance of Unesco and Directorate of Culture of Indonesia. SIDE II - Modang. B - Other instruments
Long bɘntuʔ (Borneo Kalimantan)
Side B, track 5
Bamboo percussion
Tong buwɛh (jew's harp)
Side B, track 4
Jew's harp
Lukunwut (ring flute)
Side B, track 3
Ring flute
Əgung (gong) and təwung (drum)
Music of the Kenyah and Modang recorded in 1977 by I Made Bandem, Nicole Revel-Macdonald and Jose Maceda, published with financial assistance of Unesco and Directorate of Culture of Indonesia. SIDE II - Modang. A - Ritual song, gongs and drums
Side B, track 2
Ritual dance
Gong, drum
Ləppoʔ maut (for jatung utang, xylophone and sampɛʔ, lute)
Long Sɘgar (Borneo Kalimantan)
Side B, track 1
Xylophone, lute
Jatung utan, Sampe
Jatung utang (wooden xylophone)
Music of the Kenyah and Modang recorded in 1977 by I Made Bandem, Nicole Revel-Macdonald and Jose Maceda, published with financial assistance of Unesco and Directorate of Culture of Indonesia. SIDE I - Kenyah. C - Songs and other musical instruments.
Kenyah
Side A, track 14
Xylophone
Tidaw (women's song)
Long Lɘʔɛs (Borneo Kalimantan)
Side A, track 13
Music (Vocal)
Singing voice: female voice
Liyung bayu (for uding, jew's harp)
Side A, track 12
Uding
Kədingət (two flutes)
Side A, track 11
2 Flute
Təluy (prompter-leader-chorus singing)
Side A, track 10
Singing voice: chorus
Lutong (bamboo zithers)
Long Noran (Borneo Kalimantan)
Side A, track 9
Bamboo zithers
Bəttik nilun (tatooing song)
Side A, track 8
Singing voice
Kanjɛt Təngən Ləttɔh (Dance With Sampɛʔ, Lute)
Music of the Kenyah and Modang recorded in 1977 by I Made Bandem, Nicole Revel-Macdonald and Jose Maceda, published with financial assistance of Unesco and Directorate of Culture of Indonesia. SIDE I - Kenyah. B - Lute and mouth organ
Side A, track 7
Lute
Sampe
Jagang tigang (music for sampɛʔ, lute)
Side A, track 6
Mouth organ
Udo kita, udo kibah, udo taing and udo maok (masks in a dance with kədirek, mouth organ)
Side A, track 5
Parap (solo ritual dance with leader-chorus singing)
Music of the Kenyah and Modang recorded in 1977 by I Made Bandem, Nicole Revel-Macdonald and Jose Maceda, published with financial assistance of Unesco and Directorate of Culture of Indonesia. SIDE I - Kenyah. A - Music for entertainment, feasts, celebrations
Tanjung Manis (Borneo Kalimantan)
Side A, track 4
Singing voice: male solo and male chorus
Dayung lung balau (welcome ceremony with leader-chorus singing)
Side A, track 3
Ləsɔng undat (gigantic mortar to pound rice)
Side A, track 2
Rice
Drums
Təwung (long conical drums)
Side A, track 1
The music of the Kenyah and Modang was recorded in 1977 by I Made Bandem with Nicole Revel-Macdonald, and José Maceda for the accompanying photographs, during a workshop convened under the auspices of Unesco, the Indonesian National Commission for Unesco, and Directorate of Culture of Indonesia. The workshop was held along the Klinjau and Telen tributaries of the Mahakam River in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Published with financial assistance of Unesco, in cooperation with Department of Music Research, College of Music, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, 1979. The digitization was carried out by the Ethnomusicology Center of the University of the Philippines in 2024. Contents: SIDE I - Kenyah. A - Music for entertainment, feasts, celebrations ; B - Lute and mouth organ ; C - Songs and other musical instruments. SIDE II - Modang. A - Ritual song, gongs and drums ; B - Other instruments : ring flute, jew's harp, bamboo percussion ; C - Songs ; D - Cure of the sick. Record published by University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Phillippines. Maceda, José (éd., auteur, photogr.) ; Revel-Macdonald, Nicole (auteur) ; Wisnusubroto, Sunardi (trad.)
L'enregistrement de la musique des Kenyah et des Modang a été effectué en 1977 par I Made Bandem avec Nicole Revel-Macdonald, et José Maceda pour les photographies qui l'accompagnent, lors d'un atelier organisé sous les auspices de l'UNESCO, de la Commission nationale indonésienne pour l'UNESCO et de la Direction de la culture d'Indonésie. L'atelier s'est tenu le long des affluents Klinjau et Telen de la rivière Mahakam dans le Kalimantan oriental, en Indonésie. Le disque a été publié avec l'aide financière de l'UNESCO, en coopération avec le Département de recherche musicale du Collège de musique de l'Université des Philippines à Quezon City, en 1979. La numérisation a été effectuée par le centre d'ethnomusicologie de l'Université des Philippines en 2024. Contenu : FACE I - Kenyah. A - Musique pour divertissements, fêtes, célébrations ; B - Luth et orgue à bouche ; C - Chants et autres instruments de musique. CÔTÉ II – Modang. A - Chant rituel, gongs et tambours ; B - Autres instruments : flûte à anneaux, guimbarde, percussions en bambou ; C - Chants ; D - Guérison des malades.
Indonesia : Kalimantan Timur, I Made Bandem, J. Maceda, N. Revel, 1977
Viet Nam (Central) : Bình Định Province, Sung Theater, Phạm Duy, 1960.
Viet Nam (Centre) : Bình Định (Province), Théâtre chanté, Phạm Duy, 1960.
Field recordings of Pham Duy on the sung theater, province of Bình Định in Viet Nam during in 1960 (Bình Định is a northern coastal province in the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam).
Enregistrements sonores inédits de Pham Duy sur le théâtre chanté de la province de Bình Định au Viet Nam lors d'un terrain en 1960
Raising the curtain of the play "Hau Sanh Dang"
Love songs "Ly" and various songs "Hat niêu"
Declamations between singing and shouting
Scene of the monk who leaves his monk's robe to save his country
Recitative for Dich Thang's Exposition of Feelings
Instrumental punctuation of the declamation of an actor drinking alcohol
Instrumental punctuation of the declamation of a seated military figure
Instrumental punctuation between two actor declamations
Instrumental accompaniment of two ways to sing
Instrumental prelude before an actor's declamation
Instrumental prelude before the actors come on stage
Opening before the curtain rises (traditional sung theatre)
French linguist (Myanmar)
Musique classique : air siamois accompagnant un poème birman
South East Asia Records, Musée de l'Homme - BnF (France), 1927-1979
Barbara Titus in an Associated professor of cultural musicology at the University of Amsterdam.
Indonesia : Javanese 78 RPM, ECJK Collection
The Gramophone Company was founded in April 1898 by William Barry Owen and Edmund Trevor Lloyd Wynne Williams, commissioned by Emil Berliner, in London. It was one of the earliest record labels (Wikipedia).
Indonesia : Piring hitam 78RPM dengan musik Jawa, Koleksi ECJK
78 RPM of ECJK Collection preserved by UvA and managed by Barbara Titus
Piring hitam 78RPM Koleksi ECJK, UvA, dikelola Barbara Titus
Dangan sentara bounga melati ; Terang boulang ; Nina bobo (Three popular songs)
Three popular songs: Dangan sentara bounga melati ; Terang boulang ; Nina bobo
Dangan sentara bounga melati ; Terang boulang ; Nina bobo
Trois chants populaires : Dangan sentara bounga melati ; Terang boulang (Lune claire) ; Nina bobo (Berceuse)
Dangan sentar bounga melati ; Terang boulang ; Nina bobo (Trois chants populaires malais)
Pathé record, Musée de la Parole, Hubert Pernot
Side A
South East Asia Records, Musée de l'Homme - BnF (France)
78 rpm, 25cm
Conte populaire en langue malaise: Bawang pounti sama bawang mera
Bawang putih dan bawang merah
L'oignon blanc et l'oignon rouge
Malaisian Popular Tale: Bawang pounti sama bawang mera
Side B
Spoken voice : narrative
The Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences
The Phonogrammarchiv was founded in 1899 in Vienna, Austria. 3144 phonograms have been collected (200 wax cykinder) from all regions (Papua, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, ...)
Colonial Archives, Leiden University Libraries
This site provides access to the digitised and digital born collections of Leiden University Libraries (NL)
Unesco Recommendation concerning heritage
Recommendation oncerning the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage including in digital form (2015)
Beka Records was a record label based in Germany, active from about 1903 to 1925. Before World War I, Beka also made gramophone records for the United Kingdom market under the Beka-Grand Records label. The company became a subsidiary of the Carl Lindström Company which was sold to the Columbia Graphophone Company in 1926. Slawoma - Der neueste Tanz (Slavoma) by Engelbert Zaschka. Saxophon-Orchester Dobbri of Berlin, 1925 Artists on the label included Bert Alvey, Jessie Broughton, Albertina Cassani, Lucia Cavalli, Cook & Carpenter, Gerhard Ebeler, Kappelle Willy Krug, Kapelle Merton, Miss Riboet, Phillip Ritte, the Beka London Orchestra, the Dobbri Saxophone Orchestra, the Martina Salon Orchestra, the Meister Orchestra, and the Royal Cowes Minstrels. A history of Beka Records, together with a listing of known records issued by the label, is published by the City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society (CLPGS) as part of their Reference Series of books. Source:
His Master's Voice (HMV) was the name of a major British record label created in 1901 by The Gramophone Co. Ltd. The phrase was coined in the late 1890s from the title of a painting by English artist Francis Barraud, which depicted a dog named Nipper listening to a wind-up disc gramophone and tilting his head. In the original, unmodified 1898 painting, the dog was listening to a cylinder phonograph. The painting was also famously used as the trademark and logo of the Victor Talking Machine Company, later known as RCA Victor. The painting was originally offered to James Hough, manager of Edison-Bell in London, but he declined, saying "dogs don't listen to phonographs". Barraud subsequently visited The Gramophone Co. of Maiden Lane in London where the manager William Barry Owen offered to purchase the painting if it were revised to depict their latest Improved Gramophone model. Barraud obliged, and Owen bought the painting from Barraud for £100. In the 1970s, an award was created with a copy of the statue of the dog and gramophone, His Master's Voice, cloaked in bronze, and was presented by (EMI Records) to artists, music producers and composers in recognition of selling more than 1,000,000 records. Source:
Kecak, Bali
Kecak chorus
Appearing in its present form at the beginning of the 1930s, this genre drew from older models, such as the trance-dances as practised in temples. A chorus of men, some forty performers, seated in concentric circles facing towards the centre, where a scene from the Ramayana is played, with the texts declaimed by actors. The chorus itself performs a polyphony of diverse cries and onomatopoeias, wherein the syllables [ke] and [cak] (pronounced "cha") are stylised monkey calls. The result is a varied rhythmic counterpoint, mainly using techniques of hocket, ostinato and off-beat. Synchronisation betwecn the different parts is rigorously directed by one of the members in the chorus, a sort-of conductor whose signals can be clearly heard. There is no place for improvisation, and all the parts, whose number vary during a performance, have been learned by heart.
Bali
Bali, Ubud
Voice CD I - Techniques: Calls, cries and clamors.
Male chorus
Voices of the World, an Anthology of Vocal Expression (CD)
Recording achived in 1983 at Musée de l'Homme (BM.1983_021) but not yet digitized in 2024.
Copy
Yamala iyeeu
Heyalo song
A heyalo song, by Ulahi and Eyoobo. In Kaluli conception, the two voices do not "follow" one another, but "lift up over" (dulugu molab), in a sort of echoing. The heyala songs may be performed either during ceremonies or for personal diversion. Composed in the traditional style, for some ceremonies held about 1970, this heyalo is sung here by two women during a pause from work in the gardens. The text compares some children to doves, flying off, to a distant school, stopping at each village to tell their parents, brothers and sisters : "l won't be coming back".
Kaluli
Papua New Guinea. Southern Highlands Province
CD Voice III - Polyphonies: Echo and tiling.
Vocal duet
Extrait du disque "Music of the Kaluli", plage A4-3 ;®1981 Institute o Papua New Guinea Studies IPNGS 001C
Harmonic melody (insect)
Melody on harmonics, by Kabyo (son of) Nuwas, using the buzzing of a beetle (fut mwag). The beetle is attached by its legs to a stem, then held in front of the mouth while it attempts to fly away. The insect provides an "instrumental" drone. By modifying the volume of the buccal cavity serving as resonator, the boy selects harmonics to make a melody (an analagous technique to that of the jew'
Amanab
Papua New Guinea. Amanab-Yafar
Kabyo Nuwas
Voice CD II - Techniques (continued): Play on harmonics.
Voice and noise
Bernard Juillerat (©Michèle Juillerat, nd)
Recording made by Juillerat and archived in 1972 at Musée de l'Homme, Paris (BM.1972_008)
Dit
Individual singing
Individual singing called dit, by Ginto and Kuto. The two girls of eleven freely string together some song sequences, without trying to coordinate their voices. Sung here while weaving a net.
Eipo
Irian Jaya, mountainous region
CD Voice III - Polyphonies: Counterpoint and combined techniques.
From Ethnologisches Museum, record "Eipo – Musik Aus Dem Bergland West-Neuguineas" Vol. 1, Vol. 2 - Irian Jaya
Singing with pilipe flute
Voice and flute pilipe, by Mabu. In the first iece, the musician sings in falsetto and blows alternately in the pilipé flute, a small bamboo tube producing a single pitch. The melody as sung has five degrees, all below the fundamental frequency of the flute : with three principal degrees separated by about a tone, and two intermediate degrees, the descending melodic contour imitates the intonation of the spoken language. In the second piece (as from O'28), the musician lets out cries at the same time as sudden bursts of breath into the flute, thus imitating with instrument and voice some vocal techniques, partly yodelled, tyically utilised by a number of performers during a ritual. The text of the first piece is made up of metaphorical expressions concerning an unfaithful wife, whom the singer wishes would return to him
Huli
Bebenete, Southern Highlands Province
CD Voice II - Techniques (continued): Voice and musical instruments b. Imitation of the instrument
Voice, Flute
From the record "The Huli of Papua Niugini", plage A4; Musicaphon (collection Music of Oceania) BM 30 SL 2703
Dshambukware
Men's songs
Dshambukware song, performed by Ndukabre (dshambu is the name of the totemic emblem, in the form of a bird, of a clan). This men'
Abelam
Kalabu, East Sepik Province
Ndukabre
CD Voice I - Techniques: Ambitus and register.
Male voice
From the disc "Music of the Abelam, Papua Niugini", track B12; Musicaphon (Music of Oceania collection) BM 30 SL 2704.
Voice and flute playing
Female voice and flute, by Nang Suy. he musician sings and plays alternately on a flute with two holes pierced near the closed extremities of the bamboo, the embouchure being in the centre of the instrument. Vocal and instrumental sounds mingle continuously in this improvisation. Nang Suy manifestly seeks to imitate the sound of the flute by her voice, such that the vocal and instrumental timbres are hard to tell apart. The musician sings and plays for personal pleasure, also at village fêtes. Tran Quang Hai, cf. p.50 of booklet
Khmu
Lang Prabang region, Northern Laos
Voice CD II - Techniques (continued): Voice and musical instruments a. Singing in the instrument
Excerpt from the disc "Laos. Northern Music", track B3 ("World Music" collection), Galloway Records GB 600531
Malimalila
Voices of the Mai Spirits
Two men singing each in one tube of bamboo, which act as voice-alterers. The mai spirits are represented by men in masks who hide the bamboo tubes under their costumes. Always paired, the young initiated men wore such masks during a ceremony, which had practicaîly disappeared by the 19605. The text mentions the Sepik River and the floating logs that come down it, as well as men with scarifications. » Hugo Zemp, cf. p.48 of booklet
Iatmul
Yentchan, East Sepik Province
From the disc "Music of the Middle Sepik", track B14; Musicaphon collection (Musica of Oceania) BM 30 SL 2700, featuring recordings by Robert MacLennan, Fred Gerrits and Gordon Spearritt
Hat cheo theater song
Satirical song, of the folk theatre of North Vietnam, hat chèo. Title : Bài hù thuy, "Song of the sorcerer", by Bac Biam Ngu accompanying himself on the trông dê drum, supported by an ensemble of a moon-shaped lute, in ngayêt, a two- string fiddle dan nhi, several drums trong and a small gong. Man's song, nasalised, in a high tessitura, in a syncopated rhythm. The words make couplets of verse of six to eight syllables. Some words or syllables without meaning vary the melodic and rhythmic design.Extract from the piece called Xuy Van (Xuy Vân, the mad one). Gilles Léothaud, cf. p.40 of booklet
Viet
Hanoi Municipality
Voice CD II - Techniques (continued): Colors and timbres
From the CD "Vietnam. Hat Chèo. Théâtre populaire traditionnel", track 8 ;®1978/ 1989 Auvidis-Unesco D 8022.
Mixed Vocal Chorus with Pairs of Pounding Tubes, 3
Choeur mixte et paires de tubes pilonnants, 3
Malaysian music published by Jeanne Cuisinier in 1950.
Sakai
Kelantan State
Matrice de la face éditée : Z1-II
Malaisie - copie de disque 78T
Copy on magnetic tape of a 78 rpm record published in 1950 by Editions de Musée de l'Homme including recordings of music from New Caledonia made by Maurice Leenhardt in 1939 (Side A) and recordings of music from Malaysia made by Jeanne Cuisinier in 1932 (Side B).
Public Domain
78 rpm
Mixed Vocal Chorus with Pairs of Pounding Tubes, 2
Choeur mixte et paires de tubes pilonnants, 2
Mixed Vocal Chorus with Pairs of Pounding Tube, 1
Choeur mixte et paires de tubes pilonnants, 1
Negrito Semang
State of Perak
Negrito
Soero Retno
Gamelan
Indonesian music record published by Columbia (D 33003)
Jawa
Java, Solo
Gamelan Pelok Poesake dari Kraton solo, pimpin oleh Regent R. M. H. Wirdjodiningrat.
Columbia D 33003
Record selection of Charles Wolf Collection (Indonesia)
Record collected by Charles Wolff and archived at ORTF. Copy on magnetic tape at Musée de l'Homme by C. Brailoiu in 1965.
Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF)
Monggang
Voice and gamelan
Gamelan, voice
Anglir Mendoeng
Indonesian music record published by Columbia (D 33001)
Columbia D 33001
Sri Kraton
Isabeta
Male chorus and drums
Papua New Guinea music (Columbia record)
Papua
Columbia (Sydney) : PRX 2699 - FSX 168. Copy of 3 records from Papua.
Male chorus, drums
Nouvelle Guinée - Papou : Isabeta
Record archived at Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro in 1951. Copie de 3 disques prétés par Paul Wirz du musée d'ethnographie et du folklore de Bâle, Suisse
Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1917 as an offshoot of the American Columbia Phonograph Company, it became an independent British-owned company in 1922 in a management buy-out after the parent company went into receivership.
Bowo Mintodjiwo Djatoeh Ketawang Poespowarno (Gerong)
[Kodok Ngorek] Saperti Sebalinkja Tetapi Dengan Boeko Rebab
Flood tradition : about the great flood [Chingpaw dialect: jinghpo]
Voice recording from Myanmar, Linguistic Survey of Burma made by Sir George Grierson, 1917-1919 (Archives de la Parole)
Kachin State. Bhamo region
Chingpaw
Tha Ra La Nau (ou Sa Ra La Nau)
Record Company : Gramophone, Calcutta
Kachin (language)
Interview
Solo male voice
Sir George Abraham Grierson, National Portrait Gallery (UK)
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2222
Original
Invocation to Nats: Phun [chanting, hindis, tibeto-birman dialects]
Kachin State. Northern Bhamo region
Phun
U Shaw
Tibeto-Burman languages ; Nāths
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2545
A religious exhortation; An extract from the "Mengala Sut" [Mōn-Khmēr, Mōn ou Talaing dialect]
Môn State. Kyaikkami region
Khmer
Môn-Khmer languages ; Môn (language)
Spoken voice
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2213
The Two Orphans; The Overbearing Husband. Karen, Pwo dialect (Thai-chinese group)
Pathein region
Karen
Karen languages
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2198
Folklore : a tradition on divination by chicken bones [Karenni dialect (Red Karen)]
Karen State
Spoken voice : recited
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2212
Tale of two men and the snakes; A love song [Danaw dialect]
Shān State (Union of Shān States)
Danaw
Maung Chu [?]
Mon-Khmer languages
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2218
A king's dream; A love song [Katurr palaung dialect]
Katurr palaung
Ke Hla ?
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2225
Nat invocation in Samong Hpun : [Phun dialect: hpon]
Spoken voice : chanted
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2227
A Shan tale [dialecte Shân dialect, Thai language]
Thai
Ko San Yun
Languages Thai ; Shan (language)
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2210
The Tale of the King of the town [Taungthu dialect ]
Magway. Pakkoku
Taungthu
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2226
Love of the Homeland [Karen language, Sgaw dialect], 1
Voice recording from Myanmar, Linguistic Survey of Burma made by Sir George Grierson, Gramophone Company (Calcutta), 1917-1919
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Don Hubert Pernot, Musée de la Parole et du Geste [1924-1930], AP-2209
Mya Chay Chin Ma Ngwe, Myaing's group, 2
Vocal recording from Myanmar, Parlophone Label, B.42872 (Germany)
Myaing's group
Publisher: Parlophone, Germany. Recording date to check
Voices and instrumental set
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Audiovisuel, AP-4529
Mya Chay Chin Ma Ngwe, Myaing's group, 1
U. ein Daka, 2
Voice recording from Myanmar, Parlophone Label, B.42196 (Germany)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Audiovisuel, AP-4530
U. ein Daka, 1
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 1923 as the Parlophone Company Limited (the Parlophone Co. Ltd.), which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a jazz record label. On 5 October 1926, the Columbia Graphophone Company acquired Parlophone's business, name, logo, and release library, and merged with the Gramophone Company on 31 March 1931 to become Electric & Musical Industries Limited (EMI)
Sama de Sitangkai, archipel de Sulu, Philippines,
Sama from Sitangkai, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines
Published record, Sama group: Side A 1 - Tagunggu' 2 - Titik to'ongan 3 - Titik tabawan 4 - Limbayan_ 5 - Tariray_ 6 - Sambulayang 7 - Titik jin_ 8 - Lellang Side B 1 - Kalangan sallang 2 - Lugu'kamun 3 - Kalangan tebba 4 - Labbat si uba' 5 - Kukkanganga 6 - Magbinua_ 7 - Puk lara_ 8 - Embo Embo 9- Kata kata 10- Lu'ui 11- Le'le' 12- Leleng
Les enregistrements de ce disque ont été effectués conjointement par Alain MARTENOT au cours d'une mission du Centre de Documentation et de Recherches sur l'Asie du Sud-Est et le Monde Insulindien (CeDRASEMI), Laboratoire Associé 183 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), à Sitangkai (Archipel de Sulu, Philippines) de décembre 1974 à juillet 1976, et par José MACEDA, Professeur à l'Université des Philippines, lors d'une visite de ce dernier rendue possible en mai 1976 grâce à des crédits du Council for Living Traditions.
Music
Baguette ; Bola'bola' ; Gabbang ; Gong agung ; Gong bua à rebord étroit ; Gong pukala à rebord large ; Gong tamuk ; Gongs kulintangan ; Gongs suspendus (bua, pulakan et tamuk) ; Guitare ; Hochet kuluk kuluk ; Pulao sama ; Solembat ; Tambour tambul ; Titik ; Ukulele ; Violon
Bola'bola' ; Gabbang ; Gong agung ; Gong bua ; Gong pukala ; Gong tamuk ; Gongs kulintangan ; Gongs bua, pulakan & tamuk) ; Guitare ; kuluk kuluk ; Pulao sama ; Solembat ; tambul ; Titik ; Ukulele ; Violon
Philippines, Sulu Archipelago, ORSTOM Record (LP)
Published record from field recording by Alain Martenot for the CEDRASEMI, IRD collection
City of Magway region
I knoz this song... it's from my village.
The park of the Taman Festival Bali ? It seems that it doesn't exist since 1990.
Genggong: Jew's harps associated with various instruments
Gamelan Saron: Funeral air for the washing of the body, Gending lilit
Basuri Telolet 2
Telolet Bus Horn Melody
Melodie de bus
Gacorkeun bang
Yang Penting Hepi karya Jamal Mirdad berubah menjadi melodi klakson bus, diunggah oleh @official_tj_saturn di TikTok pada 2 Mei 2024.
Jamal Mirdad's Yang Penting Hepi turned into bus horn melodies, uploaded by @official_tj_saturn on TikTok on 2nd of May 2024.
Tangerang, Banten (according to Tunggal Jaya's location) or in Yogkarta, Indonesia
The original title 'Yang Penting Hepi' is not as popular as its street name 'suka suka joget di pinggir jalan' taken from its reff.
Social media content
Sound collected for the workshop iabout archiving in Jakarat, Universitas Indonesia, FISIP, 28th June 2024
Telolet Bus Horn Melody 1
Basuri Telolet 1
Mélodie de bus
"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" karya Mozart diberi nama Basuri V4 oleh TikToker @m.tegar.r4_26_mania dalam postingan tanggal 3 Februari 2024. Lagu ini dijadikan klakson bus antarprovinsi yang secara populer disebut sebagai 'telolet basuri'.
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart being named Basuri V4 by TikToker @m.tegar.r4_26_mania in a post on 3 February 2024. The tunes are turned into horns for inter-province busses.
Jew's harp (Indonesia, Ledo Belolong)
Vatter, Indonesien II, support Lo14. Wax cylinder from Phonogramm Archivs, Berlin, published by Susanne Ziegler, 2007.
Indonesia
Ledo Belolong
The Vatter collection in Frankfurt Museum, R. Barnes, Tribalarts
Die Wachszylinder des Berliner Phonogramm-Archivs
South East Asia : Die Wachszylinder des Berliner Phonogramm-Archivs, 1900-1925
Edison Home Phonograph with wax cylinder, 1900 (Wikipedia)
Archive from Museum für Völkerkunde, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin
Wax cylinder
Instruments with vocals (Birma, Mandalay, Manipuri Ponna)
Scherman, Birma, support 8. Wax cylinder from Phonogramm Archivs, Berlin, published by Susanne Ziegler, 2007.
Myanmar
Mandalay, Manipuri-Ponna
Sunrise song. Chorus, octaves. Sung after a night of dancing (German New Guinea)
Neuhauss Neuguinea, support 37. Wax cylinder from Phonogramm Archivs, Berlin, published by Susanne Ziegler, 2007.
German New Guinea
Chorus
Gamelan Angkkoeng. Padangtegal (South Bali, Gianjar, distr. Ubud)
Gamelan Angkkoeng
Kunst Bali, support 14. Wax cylinder from Phonogramm Archivs, Berlin, published by Susanne Ziegler, 2007.
Bali, Gianjar
Jaap Kunst, musicological examination of the Archaeological Service in Bandung, 1927
Use of the recorded material of the Jaap Kunst Collection is restricted by 1.) the third amendment to the Indonesian Constitution that recognizes the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Article 18b-2, 2.) the recognition of rights of the peoples known as Masyarakat adat or Masyarakat hukum adat in recent Indonesian legislation, and 3.) Indonesian National Cultural Heritage Laws as phrased in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Consequences of any violation of these laws are for the responsibility of the user, not of the Jaap Kunst Foundation.
Long flute Mioko (German New Guinea, Matupi)
Mioko
Börnstein, Bismarck-Archipel, support 55. Wax cylinder from Phonogramm Archivs, Berlin, published by Susanne Ziegler, 2007.
German New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Matupi
Flute
Kham hom
Sweet words. Full orchestra
Archiv Siam, support I. Recording by Prof. Stumpf und Dr. Abraham on wax cylinder, Phonogramm Archivs, Berlin, published by Susanne Ziegler, 2007.
Recorded in Berlin. Place of origin (of registered person): Siam (Thailand)
Orchestra
Carl Stumpf (right) and Georg Schünemann (middle) recording Tatar musicians in Frankfurt, 1915
Linguist (Sanskrit) - Membre of Indian Civil Service ( 1871) in Bengale (1873) then Bihar. Superintendent, Linguistic Survey of India (1898-1928)
Philologue, sanskritiste. - Membre, Indian Civil Service (en 1871) au Bengale (en 1873) puis au Bihar. - Superintendent, Linguistic Survey of India (1898-1928).
Entretien avec le Général de Castries sur l'opération de Diên Biên Phu (Điện Biên Phủ)-2
Discussion with General de Castries about Diên Biên Phu (Điện Biên Phủ) operation [6-7 mai 1954] -2
Discussion with General de Castries about Diên Biên Phu (Điện Biên Phủ) operation-2
Radio broadcast about the military operation of Diên Biên Phu (Điện Biên Phủ) in 1954 (Indochine war). Side 2
- [...] avant l'irruption du… de ce commandant Viêt Minh dans votre PC ? - Trente secondes, trente secondes à peu près. - Et à ce moment-là, vous entendiez déjà les combattants, vous saviez qu'ils étaient à la porte... - Ah ! on se battait, on se battait, on se battait à l'intérieur du point d'appui et différents, différents PC étaient déjà à ce moment-là submergés. - Est-ce qu'il est exact qu'à un moment on avait envisagé une sortie ? - Il est absolument exact qu'une sortie était non seulement envisagée mais préparée et qu'elle n'a pu avoir lieu parce que les hommes étaient épuisés, étaient fatigués et que… euh ! les chefs sont… et moi-même étions… avons été d'accord pour que cette sortie n'ait pas lieu étant donné qu'elle n'aurait pas pu aller loin, les hommes étant complètement à bout de fatigue et à bout de nerfs. - Mais il est exact aussi que jamais, ni sur le centre d'appui principal, c'est-à-dire l'endroit où se trouvait votre PC, ni sur Isabelle un drapeau blanc n'a été hissé. - Absolument pas, absolument pas. Aucun drapeau blanc n'a été hissé et d'ailleurs, quand je suis sorti de mon PC, encadré par le bataillon qui m'avait fait prisonnier, je n'ai vu aucun drapeau banc sur aucun des points d'appui qui tenait encore au moment de l'assaut final. - Vous avez tout à l'heure au cours de cette conférence de presse que vous avez donnée, vous avez exposé les principales raisons pour lesquelles Diên Biên Phu était tombé, c'est-à-dire, vous avez dit que vous avez été submergés par le nombre et surtout vous avez insisté sur la supériorité du matériel ennemi et sur l'artillerie lourde qui se trouvait autour de Diên Biên Phu, est-ce que ça a été votre surprise principale ? - Ça n'a pas été… ça n'a pas été une surprise totale, n'est-ce pas, mais nous avions espéré pouvoir déceler la mise en place de cette artillerie. Or l'adversaire a procédé avec une telle habileté et disposait de tels moyens personnels pour le faire que nous avons été… il nous était impossible de savoir où étaient les emplacements de batteries, de batteries adverses. - Et le nombre de ces batteries adverses était supérieur à celui… - Était supérieur à celui que… dont je disposais moi-même, n'est-ce pas, et à l'estimation qui en avait, qui en avait été faite. - Et alors, alors que les batteries adverses étaient extrêmement camouflées, les vôtres, par contre, étaient très offertes aux coups. - Mais nous étions exactement dans la, dans la situation de la cible, n'est-ce pas, et mes batteries, mes batteries étaient obligées de tirer tous azimuts, donc les canons étaient au milieu d'un cercle évidemment protégé alors que l'artillerie adverse tirait sous casemates car elle, elle n'avait… chacune de ces batteries n'avait qu'un secteur de tir extrêmement restreint. - À combien peut-on estimer l'effectif des unités ennemies qui assiégeaient Diên Biên Phu ? - Cet effectif peut sans erreur être estimé à quatre divisions d'infanterie et une division lourde. - Ce qui fait en tout, en tout cinq divisions et ces divisions d'infanterie étaient des divisions… - Ce sont des divisions dont… dont l'effectif est inférieur aux divisions européennes parce qu'elles sont extrêmement allégées au point de vue services et au point de vue personnel de… personnel de manutention. - Donc pourcentage de combattants supérieur. - Beaucoup plus élevé qu'à l'intérieur d'une division européenne. - Donc quatre divisions d'infanterie et une division lourde et vous disposiez, vous, à Diên Biên Phu de l'effectif de… - Je disposais au départ, je disposais au début de douze bataillons mais ces bataillons étaient déjà fatigués par trois mois de présence à Diên Biên Phu et de travaux ininterrompus pour constituer la position et étaient presque tous à un effectif équivalent aux deux tiers de leur effectif normal. (Transcription : Henri Chamoux)
French
Coll. José Sourillan. Guerre d'Indochine, 1946-1954, France, Enregistrement sur disque Jean-Claude Hénin (JCH).
Spoken voice : discussion
Radio Programme
South East Asia recordings, Phonobase collection (78 RPM)
South East Asia Records, Phonobase, 1903-1954
Collected and digitized by Henri Chamoux (Phonobase) in september 2004
Entretien avec le Général de Castries sur l'opération de Diên Biên Phu (Điện Biên Phủ)-1
Discussion with General de Castries about Diên Biên Phu (Điện Biên Phủ) operation [6-7 mai 1954] -1
Radio broadcast about the military operation of Diên Biên Phu (Điện Biên Phủ) in 1954 (Indochine war). Side 1
Je ne vous présenterai évidemment pas le général de Castries, je voudrais simplement, avant de commencer cet entretien qu'il a bien voulu m'accorder, je voudrais simplement évoquer un souvenir, une silhouette, la silhouette d'un chef d'escadron de spahis au matin du 4 avril 1945 : Planté en plein soleil, son calot rouge en tête au milieu de l'Adolf Hitler Platz de Karlsruhe et regardant ses blindés, regardant ses chars tournoyer dans la lumière autour de l'esplanade, ses chars qui venaient de donner à la première armée française sa première grande ville ennemie conquise au seuil de sa campagne Rhin et Danube. Ce chef d'escadron, vous l'avez deviné, était le commandant de Castries. Je l'apercevais alors pour la première fois. Mon général, je ne vais évidemment pas vous demander de faire ici la genèse de l'opération Diên Biên Phu, d'exposer les raisons stratégiques de ce qu'a été la création de cette place-forte, ce qui nous entraînerait beaucoup trop loin, je voudrais vous demander au contraire de commencer assez illogiquement peut-être par la fin, c'est-à-dire de nous dire : Comment est tombé Diên Biên Phu. - Nous avons compris, nous avons compris que Diên Biên Phu ne pourrait plus tenir à partir du moment où le centre de résistance Éliane 2 est tombé dans la nuit du 6 au 7 mai. Ce centre de résistance qui avait été attaqué le 30 mars avec autant de violence que Dominique 1, Dominique 2 et Éliane 1 avait tenu grâce à l’héroïsme des gens qui le tenaient et à celui des différentes unités qui avaient contre-attaqué sans cesse pendant deux jours et trois nuits pour maintenir la possession de ce point d'appui essentiel pour la défense de Diên Biên Phu. Au matin du 7, le point d'appui Éliane 2 était tombé. Il était tenu… il avait été tenu pendant la dernière nuit par des troupes fraîches parachutées l'avant-veille du 1er BPC qui se sont battues héroïquement sous le commandement du capitaine Pouget. Submergé par le nombre, vers 2 heures du matin, je n'avais plus aucune communication avec le capitaine Pouget. Au lever du jour, le colonel Langlais, sans attendre même que je lui en donne l'ordre, avait préparé une contre-attaque et avait réuni pour cela les quelques débris qui nous restaient encore, c'est-à-dire environ trois compagnies de quatre-vingts hommes chacune appuyées par les quelques coups de canon qui nous restaient. Au moment où cette contre-attaque a voulu déboucher, l'ennemi a attaqué en force le point d'appui Éliane 4 sur lequel s'appuyait cette contre-attaque. Il l'a attaqué avec un tel effectif que, en une demi-heure, il a été complètement submergé et que la contre-attaque sur Éliane 2 était devenue sans objet. J'ai compris que nous étions à quelques minutes de la fin quand j'ai vu revenir, passer devant mon PC, tous les braves gens qui depuis cinquante-six jours combattaient sans arrêt et qui étaient complètement épuisés. (Transcription: Henri Chamoux)
Coll. José Sourillan. Guerre d'Indochine, 1946-1954, France, Enregistrement sur disque Pyral : Jean-Claude Hénin (JCH)
Georges Bidault à l'American Club- invasion du Laos [1]
Laos invasion, Georges Bidault' speech to the American Club [1]
L'invasion du Laos, discours de Georges Bidault à l'American Club [1]
Speech about the Laos invasion, the peace, the "Soviet", broadcasted at Radio Luxembourg in 1953
Speech
South East Asia recordings, Phonobase collection
Record collected and digitized by Henri Chamoux (Phonobase), Pyral aluminium n° Py244-K178
Water and rice (Malay song)
L'eau et le riz (chanson malaise)
Het Water en de Rijst
Malaysian music recorded by Gramophone and Typewriter in 1903
Record and digitized by Henri Chamoux, 78 rpm Matrix number : E-1850. Catalogue Number 2-12040
Sound archives of Denise Bernot (Burma/Myanmar)
This collection gathers together recordings made by Denise Bernot in Burma during her field trips, from 1958 to 2005. It comprises data from Burmese dialects (intha, Tavoy, Arakanese...) and other languages of Burma (Karen, Kachin, Ganan...). The data bears upon lexicon elicitation, text elicitation and narration.
CoCoON for "Digital Oral Corpus COllections" is a technical platform that supports oral resource (CNRS, France)
Insitu Recordings : Basel Bali Music Collection
Basel University Audio/video Archives, Switzerland
A short clip of Venu Chitale, a BBC broadcaster, during a program
Writer and Producer and Presenter for the Far Eastern Service
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism. Orwell produced literary criticism, poetry, fiction, and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture. (Wikipedia)
Bài ca đi cùng năm tháng ; Melodies go with the years
Songs and works recorded from 1950s onward, many come from Voice of Vietnam (Radio du Vietnam).
Village of Central Viet Nam (Highlands)
Spoken declamation on the "first division between the clans"
The Lautarchiv of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is an acoustic collection of around 10,000 shellac records, wax cylinders and tapes. It holds mainly voice recordings of: 1. POW-soldiers, recorded during the First World War in prison camps on German soil, 2. public figures in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic and 3. a large number of languages and (mostly German) dialects. The Lautarchiv is one of the earliest of its kind in Europe and is characterised by a focus on phonetic and linguistic interests.
Sung enunciation of a Jarai tale
Enonciation chantée d'un conte jaraï
Field sound recordings by Jacques Dournes on the Jarai voice, instruments and conversations in Viet Nam in 1967.
Enregistrements sonores inédits de Jacques Dournes sur la voix, instruments et conversations jaraï au Viet Nam en 1967
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2039
Viet Nam (Central) : Jorai (Jaraï) population, J. Dournes, 1963-1970
Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme and preserved at BnF, Paris
Variant of the sung declamation at the end of the tale of H'Jing-H'Ceng
Variante de la déclamation chantée de la fin du conte de H'Jing-H'Ceng
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2038
Sung enunciation of the tale of Jo-Jung Yung H'meng
Enonciation chantée du conte de Jo-Jung Yung H'meng
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2037
Sung declamation of the tale of H'jing-H'ceng
Déclamation chantée du conte de H'jing-H'ceng
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2036
Sung enunciation of the tale of H'Kel
Enonciation chantée du conte de H'Kel
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2035
Ritual invocations during the reception of the “potai apui”
Invocations rituelles lors de la réception du "potai apui"
Phu Bon Province, Village of Bbon Ama Jong
Spoken voice: male solo; Gong; 2-membrane drum
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2034
Continuation of the story and interview with Jacques Dournes
Suite du récit et entretien avec Jacques Dournes
Ya'Pum, saber, sickle and origin of Sadet (Pötao), Jöning tuber, tösau-atau orchid and the Underworld, history of Ama Hlai, battles of Mthur, slaves and serfs
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2033
Continuation of the interview with Jacques Dournes
Suite de l'entretien avec Jacques Dournes
Ya'Pum, saber, sickle and origin of Sadet (Pötao), Jöning tuber, tösau-atau orchid and the Underworld, history of Ama Hlai, battles of Mthur, slaves and serfs, various tales and stories
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2032
Interview with Jacques Dournes on Ya'Pum and other Jarai stories
Entretien avec Jacques Dournes sur Ya'Pum et autres histoires jaraï
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2031
Sung enunciation of the tale of P-Thong
Enonciation chantée du conte de P-Thong
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2030
Interview with Jacques Dournes
Entretien avec Jacques Dournes
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2029
Sung enunciation of the legend of Ya'Pum and the Sambam animals
Enonciation chantée de la légende de Ya'Pum et des animaux Sambam
Legend of Ya 'Pum and Sambam animals, Ama-cam, Pötao
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2028
Sung enunciation of the tale of H'kel
Enonciation chantée du conte de H'kel
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2027
Spoken enunciation of the tale of Noang H'kel
Enonciation parlée du conte de Noang H'kel
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2026
Trung xylophone solo
Solo de xylophone "trung"
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2025
J.Dournes : La musique chez les Jörai, _Objets et Monde_, t.V, fasc.4: 211-244, photos, 1965
Man singing accompanied by the tubular “gong” zither
Chant d'homme accompagné par la cithare tubulaire "gong"
Singing voice: male solo; Tubular zither
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2024
Instrumental ensemble: koni fiddle and zither on ddong calabash
Ensemble instrumental : vièle koni et cithare sur calebasse ddong
About the “köni” instrument, Jacques Dournes writes: “Köni does not easily fit into organological classifications; describing it as a monochord fiddle would still be far from accurate. Its essential constituent element is a vibrating string, "kuat". Vibrations are produced by two sources: a bow that moves back and forth on the string; a string attached to the rope and the opposite end of which is in the mouth of the player." Excerpt from "Music among the Jörai".
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2023
J.Dournes: La musique chez les Jörai, _Objets et Monde_, t.V, fasc.4 : 211-244, photos, 1965
Political song “Boni Ko Khoa”
Chant politique "Boni Ko Khoa"
Singing voice: female choir; Free reed on pipe; Xylophone
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2022
Pan flute solo "dding dek"
Solo de flûte de Pan "dding dek"
Instrumental music The Jörai "dding dek" is a pan flute with thirteen pipes of unequal length, from 35 to 125 cm, made of bamboo, bevelled at one end and tied into a bundle.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2021
Political song “Boni Ko Car Hoa Ky”
Chant politique "Boni Ko Car Hoa Ky"
Sung voice: female solo; Xylophone; Free reed on pipe
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2020
Tubular “gong” zither
Cithare tubulaire "gong"
Gông tube zither with 12 strings, instrumental music. The Jörai "gong" zither is made of a bamboo internode closed on both sides, 70 to 90 cm long and 5 to 8 cm in diameter, fitted with a gourd resonator. Twelve or thirteen metal ropes, generally recovered from bicycle brake cables, are arranged in a semi-circle around the supporting pipe, stretched on annular trestles and tightened by dowels.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2019
Political song "Ayong Dam-Thon"
Chant politique "Ayong Dam-Thon"
Xylophone;Gongs (in series);Singing voice: female choir;Free reed on pipe;Cymbals
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2018
Political song “Adoi Yong Wit Car ta”
Chant politique "Adoi Yong Wit Car ta"
No information on the nature of this song...
Xylophone;Gongs (in series);Singing voice: female choir;Cymbals;Free reed on pipe
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2017
Instrumental ensemble: “trung” xylophone and “cing” gongs
Ensemble instrumental : xylophone "trung" et gongs "cing"
instrumental music. The "trung" xylophone is made up of eleven bamboo pipes of 36 cm to 94 cm in length, cut beveled at one end and attached, by a rope, so that every second pipe has its bevel on one side and the other on the opposite.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2016
Spoken enunciation of the tale of Bbun
Enonciation parlée du conte de Bbun
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2015
Sung enunciation of the tale of I-Dier, 5
Enonciation chantée du conte de I-Dier (suite 5)
Continuation of I-Dier's tale from the previous strip
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2014
Sung enunciation of the tale of I-Dier, 4
Enonciation chantée du conte de I-Dier (suite 4)
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2013
Sung enunciation of the tale of I-Dier, 3
Enonciation chantée du conte de I-Dier (suite 3)
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2012
Sung enunciation of the tale of I-Dier, 2
Enonciation chantée du conte de I-Dier (suite 2)
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2011
Sung enunciation of the tale of I-Dier, 1
Enonciation chantée du conte de I-Dier (suite 1)
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2010
Sung enunciation of the tale of I-Dier (beginning)
Enonciation chantée du conte de I-Dier (début)
Beginning of the tale, the rest is on track 2 of this tape.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2009
Interview on Jarai diviners and shamans
Entretien sur les devins et chamanes jaraï
Diviners and shamans: the bird "hoac-co", the vampire "asau-röngi'", the piebald "thô and yang dü", the familiars "ddui-ddiop" of the tigers
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2008
Interview with a Jarai man with Jacques Dournes
Entretien d'un homme jaraï avec Jacques Dournes. Récit de voyage en Amérique
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2007
Story of the healer Ya Yok (Krin)
Récit de la guérisseuse Ya Yok (Krin)
Field sound recordings of music made in 1967 by the French researcher and missionary Jacques Dournes in Vietnam among the Jarai populations: on Jarai songs, zithers and stories.
Enregistrements sonores inédits de musiques effectués en 1967 par le chercheur et missionnaire français Jacques Dournes au Vietnam chez les populations jaraï : sur les chants, cithares et récits Jaraï.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2006
Conversation with Ama Tre on dreams, ghosts and Jarai funeral celebrations
Conversation avec Ama Tre sur les rêves, les revenants et fêtes funéraires jaraï
Conversation on various topics: names of ethnic subgroups, böngat (soul, double), dreams, ghosts, tattoo, adornments, funeral celebrations
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2005
Conversation on the Yuan
Conversation sur les Yuan
Miscellaneous stories. "Le nycticebus qui joue du tambour »
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2004
Description of a rite by Ala Lon
Description d'un rite par Ala Lon
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2003
Retelling of the tale Ton
Récit du conte Ton
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2002
Retelling of the tales H'bia Yak and H'bia Yai
Récit des contes H'bia Yak et H'bia Yai
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2001
Tubular zither solo “gông”
Solo de cithare tubulaire "gông"
Entertainment music. Tubular zither with 13 strings "gông" equipped with a calabash as a resonator •
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 2000
Mixed polyphony on vocal drone
Polyphonie mixte sur bourdon vocal
Entertainment music. Melody provided by a male singer, dubbed by a woman. Staccato vocal drone by children. Hand clapping. A few whistles.
Singing voice: male solo; Hand clapping; Singing voice: female; Voice: Whistling; Singing voice: child
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1999
Entertainment music. A man is the main performer. A woman doubles her melody with her closed mouth. A staccato vocal drone by children. A few whistles.
Singing voice: male solo; Hand clapping; Female voice; Voice: Whistling; Singing voice: child
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1998
Male solo singing
Chant solo d'homme
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1997
Young girl singing on vocal drone
Chant de jeune fille sur bourdon vocal
Entertainment music • Always the same polyphonic principle: a melody and a drone (or ostinato), here in staccato. Regular hand clapping.
Sung voice: duo of young girls; Hand clapping
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1996
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1995
Modernized popular song accompanied by the tubular zither
Chant populaire modernisé accompagné par la cithare tubulaire
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1994
Man song
Chant d'homme
Entertainment music. The ddong tubular zither has two strings, equipped with a calabash as a resonator. Very poor recording quality
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1993
Singing accompanied by the zither “ddong”
Chant accompagné à la cithare "ddong"
Entertainment music. The ddong tubular zither has two strings, equipped with a calabash as a resonator
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1992
Bahnar singing accompanied by two-stringed zither on “ddong” calabash
Chant bahnar accompagné à la cithare à deux cordes sur calebasse "ddong"
Entertainment music. Tubular zither with 2 strings ddong equipped with a calabash as a resonator
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1991
Mixed polyphony on vocal drone and instrumental on Ddong zither
Polyphonie mixte sur bourdon vocal et instrumental à la cithare Ddong
Field sound recordings made by Jacques Dournes in 1966 in Vietnam, with the Jarai population. These recordings reflect the diverse oral expressions of the Jaraï on the Central Highlands.
Enregistrements sonores inédits réalisés par Jacques Dournes en 1966 au Vietnam, auprès de la population jaraï. Ces enregistrements reflètent les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1990
Woman's song on a vocal and instrumental ostinato on the Ddong zither
Chant de femme sur un ostinato vocal et instrumental à la cithare Ddong
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1989
Women's song accompanied by an ostinato on the two-stringed zither Ddong
Chant de femme accompagné par un ostinato à la cithare à deux cordes Ddong
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1988
Woman's song on two vocal drones and bells
Chant de femme sur deux bourdons vocaux et grelots
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1987
Woman's song punctuated by a vocal drone and bells
Chant de femme ponctué par un bourdon vocal et des grelots
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1986
Polyphony on vocal ostinato
Polyphonie sur ostinato vocal
On the polyphonic principle of the previous tracks. Here, in a very high range for the singer who performs the melody.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1985
Woman's song punctuated by bells
Chant de femme ponctué par des grelots
Women's song punctuated by a regular beating of bells.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1984
Polyphony on vocal drone accompanied by bells
Polyphonie sur bourdon vocal accompagnée de grelots
On the polyphonic principle of the previous tracks: female voice punctuated by a vocal ostinato and here also bells.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1983
Man's song accompanied by the two-stringed zither on Ddong calabash
Chant d'homme accompagné par la cithare à deux cordes sur calebasse Ddong
The ddong zither accompaniment of the jarai man's song is characterized by ostinato formulas. The “ddong” is a two-stringed zither on a calabash.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1982
Polyphony on vocal drone
Polyphonie sur bourdon vocal
On the polyphonic principle of the previous tracks, this time with a man as the main performer.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1981
On the polyphonic principle of the previous tracks.
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1980
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1979
A melodic line sung by a woman punctuated by a vocal drone (in staccato) and some whistling or interventions also from children. Nice recording!
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1978
A woman provides the melody, punctuated by a staccato vocal drone (detached sounds).
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1977
Story of "Gron Thong"
Récit de "Gron Thong"
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1976
Story of a healer
Récit d'une guérisseuse
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1975
Recitation of the tale “Wa Joi”
Récitation du conte "Wa Joi"
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1974
Recitation of the Tale “Tlau Bönüh”
Récitation du Conte "Tlau Bönüh"
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1973
Sayings of Justice
Dits de Justice
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1972
Ritual invocations “Tring Röman” then “Pih Köbau”
Invocations rituelles "Tring Röman" puis "Pih Köbau"
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1971
Kömar's story
Récit de Kömar
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1970
Ritual invocations “Pih Köbau”
Invocations rituelles "Pih Köbau"
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1969
Recitation of ritual invocations “Tring Röman”
Récitation d'invocations rituelles "Tring Röman"
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1968
Telling the tale H'Kel
Enonciation du conte H'Kel
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1967
Telling the tale Cögri
Enonciation du conte Cögri
Viet Nam, Les diverses expressions orales des Jaraï sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, Dournes, 1966
Instrumental ensemble
Ensemble instrumental
Published sound recordings from Viet Nam : music from the mountain people, 1969-1997.
Enregistrements publiés sur disque du Viet Nam, Musique des montagnards, 1969-1997.
Viet Nam : Music from the mountain people, 1969-1997 (CD)
Disc Cover, Mountain people music, Chant du Monde
Viet Nam,"Musiques des montagnards", Condominas et al., Chant du Monde Edition,1997.
Duo of pipap and io
Duo de pipap et io
Man singing, accompanied by a pi
Chant d'homme, accompagné par un pi
Woman's song, accompanied by two pi
Chant de femme, accompagné par deux pi
Song about works and days
Chant sur les travaux et les jours
Alternating court singing
Chant courtois alterné
Alternating singing
Chant alterné
Solo singing
Chant solo
Leaf solo (vibrating reed)
Solo de feuille (anche vibrante)
Alternating singing and Kalien flute
Chant alterné et flûte kalien
Djam brass jew's harp
Guimbarde en laiton djam
Occasional song
Chant de circonstance
Work song
Chant de travail
Epic man song
Chant épique d'homme
Easter at Larantuka - Easter Mass - Signor Deo
Paskah di Larantuka - Misa Paskah - Signor Deo
Pâques à Larantuka - Messe de Pâques- Signor Deo
Enregistrement collectés à l'Est de Flores par Dana Rappoport (Tanjung Bunga, Larantuka) 2009-2017
Rekaman oleh Dana Rappoport Flores Timur - Tanjung Bunga dan Larantuka (2009 - 2017).
Field recording collected by Dana Rappoport in Eastern Flores (Tanjung Bunga, Larantuka) 2009-2017
Lamentation 1 1. Aleppo 2. Beth 3. Chimel 4. Daleth 5. He Lamentation 2 Vau Sain Heth Teth Lamentation 3 Yode Kaph Lamed Mem Nun
Ratapan 1 1. Aleppo 2. Beth 3. Chimel 4. Daleth 5. He Ratapan 2 Vau Sain Heth Teth Ratapan 3 Yode Kaph Lamed Mem Nun
Lamentation 1 1. Alep 2. Beth 3. Chimel 4. Daleth 5. He Lamentation 2 Vau Sain Heth Teth Lamentation 3 Yode Kaph Lamed Mem Nun
Indonesia : Eastern Flores (Tanjung Bunga peninsula), 2009-2017.
Indonesia : Flores (East), Tanjung Bunga, Larantuka, D. Rappoport, 2009-2017
Double flute, ruren, Ne'Suban, Tanjung Bunga, Waiklibang, 2006
Sound recording archived at Musée de l'Homme in 2017 by D. Rappoport
Easter in Larantuka - Easter Mass - Lamentation (ratapan)
Paskah di Larantuka - Misa Paskah - Ratapan (ratapan)
Pâques à Larantuka - Messe de Pâques- Lamentation (ratapan)
Lamentation 1 1. Aleppo 2. Beth 3. Chimel 4. Daleth 5. He
Ratapan 1 1. Aleppo 2. Beth 3. Chimel 4. Daleth 5. Dia
Easter in Larantuka - Easter Mass - Lamentation 1 (ratapan)
Paskah di Larantuka - Misa Paskah - Ratapan 1 (ratapan)
Pâques à Larantuka - Messe de Pâques- Lamentation 1 (ratapan)
Easter at Larantuka - Easter Mass - Reading
Paskah di Larantuka - Misa Paskah - Membaca
Pâques à Larantuka - Messe de Pâques- Lecture
Easter at Larantuka - Easter Mass - priest's litany
Paskah di Larantuka - Misa Paskah - litani imam
Pâques à Larantuka - Messe de Pâques- litanie du prêtre
Easter in Larantuka - Easter Mass
Paskah di Larantuka - Misa Paskah
Pâques à Larantuka - Messe de Pâques
Easter in Larantuka
Paskah di Larantuka
Pâques à Larantuka
Larantuka, Cathedrale
Organ and vocals
Organ dan vokal
Orgue et chant
Discussion in Larantuka Malay
(Larantuka), Pembahasan dalam Bahasa Melayu Larantuka
(Larantuka) Discussion en malais de Larantuka
Ibu Dor speaks on the phone to his son in Larantuka Malay. Then Us Kedang also speaks in this Malay Larantuka
Ibu Dor berbicara di telepon kepada putranya dalam bahasa Melayu Larantuka. Kemudian Us Kedang juga berbicara dalam bahasa Melayu Larantuka ini
Ibu Dor parle au téléphone à son fils en malais de Larantuka. Puis Us Kedang parle lui aussi dans ce malais Larantuka
(Larantuka) Discussion in Larantuka Malay
(Larantuka),Pembahasan dalam Bahasa Melayu Larantuka
Easter Office
Kantor Paskah
Office de Paques
(Larantuka) Explanation of the song Batu Bedaung in Indonesian
(Larantuka) Penjelasan Lagu Batu Bedaung Bahasa Indonesia
(Larantuka) Explication du chant Batu Bedaung en indonésien
Explanation of the song by Us Tukan, 52 years old. A song to disarm the ardor of adolescents towards their parents so that the children understand that life is difficult. It's the story of a mother who no longer has the strength to take care of her child, she commits suicide in a rock. She asks that the stone open its mouth with this song. Sung by the people of Larantuka
Penjelasan lagu Us Tukan, 52 tahun. Lagu untuk meluluhkan semangat remaja terhadap orang tuanya agar anak paham bahwa hidup itu sulit. Berkisah tentang seorang ibu yang tak kuat lagi mengurus anaknya, ia bunuh diri di batu. Dia meminta agar batu itu membuka mulutnya dengan lagu ini. Dinyanyikan oleh masyarakat Larantuka
Explication du chant par Us Tukan, 52 ans. Un chant pour désarmer l'ardeur des adolescents envers leurs parents pour que les enfants comprennent que la vie est difficile. C'est l'histoire d'une mère qui n'a plus la force de s'occuper de son enfant, elle va se suicider dans un rocher. Elle demande que la pierre ouvre sa bouche avec ce chant. Chanté par les gens de Larantuka
(Larantuka) Batu Bedaung, woman's song
(Larantuka) Batu Bedaung, Penyanyi wanita solo
(Larantuka) Batu Bedaung, Chant solo femme
A song to disarm the ardor of adolescents towards their parents so that children understand that life is difficult. It's the story of a mother who no longer has the strength to take care of her child, she commits suicide in a rock. She asks that the stone open its mouth with this song. Sung by the people of Larantuka
Lagu untuk meluluhkan semangat remaja terhadap orang tuanya agar anak paham bahwa hidup itu sulit. Berkisah tentang seorang ibu yang tak kuat lagi mengurus anaknya, ia bunuh diri di batu. Dia meminta agar batu itu membuka mulutnya dengan lagu ini. Dinyanyikan oleh masyarakat Larantuka
Un chant pour désarmer l'ardeur des adolescents envers leurs parents pour que les enfants comprennent que la vie est difficile. C'est l'histoire d'une mère qui n'a plus la force de s'occuper de son enfant, elle va se suicider dans un rocher. Elle demande que la pierre ouvre sa bouche avec ce chant. Chanté par les gens de Larantuka
(Larantuka), Sound of a large toke lizard
(Larantuka) Suara cicak toke besar
(Larantuka) Son d'un gros lézard toke
In front of a house in the town of Larantuka, four cages with birds in them
Depan sebuah rumah di kota Larantuka, terdapat empat sangkar berisi burung di dalamnya
Devant une maison dans la ville de Larantuka, quatre cages avec des oiseaux dedans
(Larantuka), Nighttime atmosphere
(Larantuka) Suasana malam hari
(Larantuka) Ambiance nocturne
(Lebao Tanjung) Sorak roja, 2
(Lebao Tanjung) Sorak roja, prise 2
Dusun Lebao, desa Waibao, Kec. Tanjung Bunga, Flores Timur
Maria Bui Belen (1963) hode', Agnes Lepan Belen (1959), noko
Recorded at my request. Blurred context. Only 1 pair of women. Parallelism, homorhythmic
Direkam atas permintaan saya. Konteks kabur. Hanya 1 pasang wanita. Paralelisme, homoritmik
Enregistré à ma demande. Contexte flou. 1 seule paire de femmes. Parallélisme, homorythmique
(Lebao Tanjung) Sorak roja, 1
(Lebao Tanjung) Sorak roja, prise 1
(Lebao Tanjung) Berasi kremet “Ohok”, Male duet, 2
(Lebao Tanjung) Berasi kremet “ohok”, 2
(Lebao Tanjung) Berasi kremet "ohok", 2
Gaspar Peria Koten (1963), noko + Thomas Homo Kelen (1945), hodé'/ Silvester Resi Koten (1959) hodé' + Baranabas Bedan Nitit (1959)
Recorded at my request. Evening song of weeding rituals. It differs from Keka's song titled Baladio.
Direkam atas permintaan saya.Lagu malam ritual penyiangan. Berbeda dengan lagu Keka yang berjudul Baladio.
Enregistré à ma demande. Chant du soir des rituels de désherbage. Il diffère du chant de Keka intitulé Baladio.
(Lebao Tanjung) Berasi kremet “Ohok”, Male duet,1
(Lebao Tanjung) Berasi kremet “ohok”, duet, 1
(Lebao Tanjung) Berasi kremet "ohok", 1
Recorded at my request. Two male duos and one female duet. Evening song during weeding days, around February. Performed at the end of the day, after a day of work. Men and women sing alternately.
Direkam atas permintaan saya. Dua duet laki-laki dan satu duet perempuan. Nyanyian sore di hari-hari penyiangan, sekitar bulan Februari. Lagu ini dinyanyikan di penghujung hari, setelah seharian bekerja. Pria dan wanita bernyanyi bergantian.
Enregistré à ma demande. Deux duos masculins et un duo féminin. Chant du soir lors des journées de désherbage, vers février. Il est chanté à la fin du jour, après une journée de travail. Hommes et femmes chantent en alternance.
(Lebao Tanjung) Nama nigi, Male duet
(Lebao Tanjung) Nama nigi, duet vokal pria
(Lebao Tanjung) Nama nigi, duos
Recorded at my request. Two male duos and one female duet. On this occasion, I am giving the village 50 bells that I brought from Bali. Song performed during the renovation of the roof of the customary temple. Here each duet sings something different, does not repeat what the first duet says.
Direkam atas permintaan saya. Dua duet putra dan satu duet putri. Pada kesempatan kali ini saya memberikan 50 buah lonceng desa yang saya bawa dari Bali. Lagu yang dibawakan pada saat perbaikan atap pura adat. Di sini setiap duet menyanyikan sesuatu yang berbeda, tidak mengulangi apa yang diucapkan duet pertama.
Enregistré à ma demande. Deux duos masculins et un duo féminin. A cette occasion, je remets au village 50 clochettes que j'ai apportées de Bali. Chanté lors de la réfection du toit du temple coutumier. Ici chaque duo chante quelque de différent, ne répète pas ce que dit le premier duo.
(Lebao Tanjung) Node ana, 2, Male duet
(Lebao Tanjung) Node ana, 2, duet vokal
(Lebao Tanjung) Duos Node ana, prise 2
(Lebao Tanjung) Node ana, 1, Male duet
(Lebao Tanjung) Node ana, 1, duet vokal pria
(Lebao Tanjung) Duo Node ana, prise 1
Recorded at my request. Two male duos and one female duet. On this occasion, I am giving the village 50 bells that I brought from Bali. Song sung during the repair of the roof of the customary temple. Here each duet sings something different, does not repeat what the first duet says.
Enregistré à ma demande. Deux duos masculins et un duo féminin. A cette occasion, je remets au village 50 clochettes que j'ai apporté de Bali. Chanté lors de la réfection du toit du temple coutumier. Ici chaque duo chante quelque de différent, ne répète pas ce que dit le premier duo.
Philippines : Palawan Highlands Music, 1970-1983
Philippines : Musique des hautes terres palawan, 1970-1983
Music Recording from Palawan Highlands, Philippines, made by Nicole Revel and Jose Maceda (1970-1983) published by Chant du Monde/Musée de l'Homme in 1992.
Asie du Sud-Est : Les cylindres de cire du Phonogramm Archivs de Berlin, 1900-1925
Selection of wax cylinder. Die Wachszylinder des Berliner Phonogramm-Archivs / Susanne Ziegler. - Berlin : Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, cop. 2006. - 1 vol. (512 p.)
Ethnolog, curator at the Ethnographic Museum in Frankfurt since 1913, Field work in East Indonesia (Flores, Solor, Adonara, Lembata, Pantar, Alor,...), 1928-1929.
Musicologist, ethnomusicologist, musical acoustic (Sorbonne university)
Prof. Dr. Artur Simon (1938, Wesermünde, Germany) is a musicologist best known for his work at the head of the Museum of ethnology (1973-2004) for the Prussian cultural heritage foundation and their extensive collection of 160000 ethnological music recordings. Simon also conducted the digitizing of the cylinder collection of the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv (UNESCO programme "Memory of the World").
Author, musician, jazz trombonist, filmmaker and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Music at the University of New Mexico.
Ethnomusicological study of the Huli of the Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
German philosopher, psychologist and musicologist.
Ethnolog (Malaysia, Indonesia, Indochine)
Kelantan (Malay pronunciation: [kəˈlantan]; Jawi: کلنتن‎; Kelantanese Malay: Klate; Pattani Malay pronunciation: [kläˈtɛ])[a] is a state in Malaysia. The capital, Kota Bharu, includes the royal seat of Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is Darul Naim (Jawi: دار النعيم‎; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is the only state outside of East Malaysia that does not use the term district in its second-level administrative division. Instead, the divisions are called colonies (Jajahan) or collectivities with one autonomous subdistrict. Kelantan is located in the north-eastern corner of the Peninsular Malaysia. Kelantan is an agrarian state with paddy fields, fishing villages and casuarina-lined beaches. Kelantan is home to some of the most ancient archaeological discoveries in Malaysia, including several prehistoric aboriginal settlements. Due to Kelantan's relative isolation and largely rural lifestyle, Kelantanese culture differs somewhat from Malay culture in the rest of the peninsula; this is reflected in the cuisine, arts and the unique Kelantanese Malay language, which is unintelligible even for some speakers of standard Malay. Kelantan is bordered by Narathiwat province of Thailand to the north, Terengganu to the south-east, Perak to the west and Pahang to the south. To the north-east of Kelantan is the South China Sea. Kelantan has diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges belong to the Titiwangsa Mountains, which are part of the Tenasserim Hills that span southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, with Mount Yong Belar being the state's highest point. (Wikipedia)
Perak (Malay pronunciation: [peraʔ]; Perak Malay: Peghok; Jawi: ڤيراق‎) is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's Yala and Narathiwat provinces both lie to the northeast. Perak's capital city, Ipoh, was known historically for its tin-mining activities until the price of the metal dropped, severely affecting the state's economy. The royal capital remains Kuala Kangsar, where the palace of the Sultan of Perak is located. As of 2018, the state's population was 2,500,000. Perak has diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges belong to the Titiwangsa Mountains, which is part of the larger Tenasserim Hills system that connects Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. (Wikipedia)
Prof. Dr. I Made Bandem (also known as "the Joe Papp of Bali") is a Balinese dancer, artist, author, and educator. He is PhD in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University (USA).
Lullaby
Nyanyian pengantar tidur
Berceuse
Field sound recordings of songs and ritual vocal music collected by Joséphine Simonnot and Luc Rivière, during a restitution of sound archives to the Sikka populations of Tana'ai in Flores, Indonesia, in 2010.
Enregistrements sonores inédits de chants et de musiques vocales rituelles collectés par Joséphine Simonnot et Luc Rivière, au cours d'une mission de restitution d'archives auprès des populations Sikka de Tana'ai à Flores en Indonésie, en 2010.
Longinus Abong ; Rafael Mado ; Remigius ; Justinus Laga ; Romanus ; Marcelinus Nurak ; Agustinus Silik ; Patricius Marianus ; Paulus Jawa
Les hommes chantent en cercle autour du bébé porté par une femme. | The men sing in a circle around the baby carried by a woman.
Recording archived at CREM-LESC, CNRS, Nanterre
For any use, please contact the CREM-LESC (CNRS, Nanterre University, France): crem.lesc[at]cnrs.fr, see information at https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr
Nyanyian
Chant, choeur d'hommes
Song for the opening of a new field
Lagu buka kebun
Chant pour l'ouverture d'un champ nouveau
Drum struck; Gong; Clashing sticks; Singing voice: male chorus
Manungo rehearsal
Pengulangan Manungo
Répétition manungo
Weeding song
Lagu membersihkan rumput
Chanson pour le désherbage
Plowing song
Lagu kerja kebun
Chanson pour labourer
Harvest song
Lagu panen padi
Chanson pour les récoltes
Walking song
Musik untuk berjalan
Musique pour se promener
Wedding music
Musik pernikahan
Musique de mariage
Pièce jouée sur le chemin entre l'église et la maison.
Performed on the way between the church and the house.
Party; Wedding
Betel nut offering song
Lagu untuk mempersembahkan siri pinang
Chant pour offrir le siri pinang
Tambour Gendang
Ceremony for the garden, Gendang Drum
Song about a missing person
Lagu tentang orang hilang
Chant sur une personne disparue
Weaving song
Nyanyian menenun
Chant sur l'importance des tissages dans les cérémonies
Gendang Drum
Femme soliste (78 ans) enregistrée en intérieur
Female soloist (78 years old) recorded outdoors
Female soloist (78 years old) recorded indoors
Sad song
Lagu sedih
Chanson triste. Chanson pour la famille qui est loin
Jeune femme soliste (32 ans)
Young female soloist (32 years old)
Yustina ; Roslina ; Paulina Pogon ; Gensia ; Maria remin
Song to weed the garden
Chanson pour désherber le jardin
Song for sowing rice
Lagu penaburan
Chanson pour les semailles du riz (padi)
Song about the brideprice
Nyanyian belis
Chant sur la dote de la mariée
Songs
Nyanyian-nyanyian
Chants
Dance song
Lagu tarian
Chant de danse
Agricultural dance singing
Lagu tari untuk taman
Chant de danse pour le jardin
Bleka song
Nyanyian Bleka
Chant « Bleka"
Hegor song
Nyanyian Hegor
Chant "Hegor"
Coupé avant la fin
cut off before the end
Unpublished sound recordings of songs and ritual vocal music collected by Joséphine Simonnot and Luc Rivière, during a mission to restore archives to the Sikka populations of Tana'ai in Flores, Indonesia, in 2010.
Enregistrement fait chez l'habitant, Bapak Simon, fils de Bapak Sina. Voir la collection : INDONESIE: FLORES (OUEST, CENTRE, EST) 1992
Recording made at a homestay, Bapak Simon, son of Bapak Sina, recorded in 1992 and since deceased. See the collection: INDONESIA: FLORES (WEST, CENTER, EAST) 1992
Enregistrement fait chez l'habitant, Bapak Simon, fils de Bapak Sina, enregistré en 1992 et décédé depuis. Voir la collection : INDONESIE: FLORES (OUEST, CENTRE, EST) 1992
Barong Dance, Rangda Dance
Tari Barong, Tari Rangda
Danse du Barong, Danse du Rangda
Field recordings made in 1966 by Louis Berthe during the Bali (Barong) expedition, Indonesia.
Enregistrements inédits réalisés en 1966 par Louis Berthe dans le cadre de la mission Bali (Barong), en Indonésie.
Orchestre gamelan balinais. Séquence de la danse de Rangda. Combat avec le Barong et transe des danseurs. La dernière séquence "Ngurek" dure 4 minutes et est suivie par la conversation•
Balinese gamelan orchestra. Sequence of the Rangda dance. Combat with the Barong and trance of the dancers. The last sequence "Ngurek" lasts 4 minutes and is followed by the conversation•
Indonesia : Bali (Barong) Expedition ; Berthe, 1966.
Indonesia : Bali (South Coast, Karangasem region), L. Berthe, 1962-1966.
Barong dance in three pieces
Tarian barong terdiri dari 3 buah rangkaian yang saling berkaitan
Danse du Barong en 3 pièces enchaînées
Orchestre gamelan balinais. 1-"Pengetjet" (original I/6b) 2-"Gilakan" (original I/7) 3-"Pengetjet" (original I/8) Les 3 pièces s'enchaînent•
Balinese gamelan orchestra. 1-"Pengetjet" (original I/6b) 2-"Gilakan" (original I/7) 3-"Pengetjet" (original I/8) The 3 pieces follow each other •
Barong dance
Tarian Barong
Danse du Barong
Orchestre gamelan balinais. "Gilakan Barong"•
Balinese gamelan orchestra. “Gilakan Barong”
Orchestre gamelan balinais. "Pongetget sanaran"•
Balinese gamelan orchestra. “Pongetget saranan”
Orchestre gamelan balinais. "Sanaran"•
Balinese gamelan orchestra. “Sanaran”
Orchestre gamelan balinais. "Perereman"•
Balinese gamelan orchestra. “Perereman”
Mori singhom
Song of the orphans, Side 2-11
Lagu anak piatim
Chant des orphelins, Face 2- 11
Published sound recordings of Pierre Ivanoff and André Martin, on Dayak music in Borneo (2nd edition) during a field expedition in 1953.
Enregistrements sonores édités de Pierre Ivanoff et André Martin, sur la musique Dayak à Bornéo (2e édition) lors d'un terrain en 1953
Chant profane inspiré par le sort malheureux des orphelins.
Secular song inspired by the unfortunate fate of orphans.
Indonesia : Kalimantan (East), P. Ivanoff, 1953-1954
Musique Dayak. Bornéo (Kalimantan), Vogue Edition, Paris, France, 1972.
Warriors song, Side 2-10
Lagu pejuang
Chant de guerriers, Face 2- 10
Chant des guerriers quand ils revenaient de la guerre en vainqueurs. A présent, il est chanté par les femmes car il est le symbole de la valeur des hommes.
Song of the warriors when they returned from war. Now it is sung by women because it is the symbol of the value of men.
Flute Solo, Side 2-9
Suling
Solo de flûte, Face 2- 9
Song for a sick person, Side 2-8
Lagu orang sakit
Chant pour un malade, Face 2- 8
Les hommes-médecine sont rares à Bornéo. Dans la région du Méhakam, Ubung est le seul homme-médecine. Il a été initié dans le bas-méhakam par des "bougis" qui viennent de l'île de Célèbes. Il n'est devenu "Oran-Sihir" qu'après une longue initiation.
Medicine men are rare in Borneo. In the Mahakam region, Ubung is the only medicine man. He was initiated in the lower Mahakam by Bugis who come from Sulawesi. He only became “Oran-Sihir” after a long initiation.
Voice: Male solo; Gong; Struck drum; Bell
Dayung kihan
Shaman song, Side 1-7
Lagu dari dukun
Chant de chamane, Face 2- 7
Le métier de chaman est généralement l'apanage des femmes. Ici, une vieille chamane de la tribu des Oma-Suling (groupe Busang) organise une cérémonie qui a pour but de prévenir les dieux que demain commencera la fête "Dangeih".
The shaman task is generally the prerogative of women. Here, an old shaman from the Oma-Suling tribe (Busang group) organizes a ceremony which aims to warn the gods that tomorrow the "Dangeih" festival will begin.
Lute solo, Side 2-1
Sapeh
Solo de luth, Face 2- 1
Cette musique accompagne la danse collective des Dayak, une ronde monotone scandée tous les trois pas durant toute la nuit. Elle est dansée lors de grandes occasions et, surtout, quand une nouvelle tête coupée arrive au village.
This music accompanies the collective dance of the Dayak, a monotonous round dance chanted every three steps throughout the night. It is danced on special occasions and, especially, when a new head arrives in the village.
Becoton
Song about the rice harvest, Side 1-5
Chant sur la récolte de riz, Face 1- 5
Répartition des tâches. Aux femmes, sont réservées tous les travaux agricoles. Les hommes s'occupent du défrichement de la forêt. Néanmoins, quelques changements interviennent lors de la récolte de riz. C'est le thème de ce chant.
Distribution of tasks. All agricultural work is reserved for women. The men take care of clearing the forest. However, some changes occur during the rice harvest. This is the theme of this song.
Song of Glory, Side 1-4
Lagu kejayaan
Chant de gloire, Face 1- 4
Au cours des soirées qui suivent les jours de fêtes, des chants improvisés évoquent le passée glorieux de la tribu.
During the evenings following festivals improvised songs evoke the glorious past of the tribe.
Percussion of mortar sticks, Side 1-3
Alu
Batterie de pilons, Face 1- 3
La "sangkep" est un jeu rituel des femmes dans les jours qui suivent les semailles du riz. Il se joue avec des pilons que l'on entrechoque.
“Sangkep” is a ritual game played by women in the days following rice sowing. It is performed with drumsticks that are struck together.
Shaman song, Side 1-2
Incantation d'un chaman, Face 1- 2
Le chaman, par hérédité, a pour tout instrument un bouclier sur le côté extérieur duquel il tend un fil; de rotin. Accroupi derrière le bouclier,il appelle les dieux.
The shaman, by heredity wears a shield on the outer side of which he stretches a thread; rattan. Crouching behind the shield, he calls the spirits.
Monghosan
Return of the headhunters, Side 1-1
Kembalinya pemburu kepala
Retour des chasseurs de têtes, Face 1- 1
Un groupe est parti dans la forêt depuis plusieurs jours. Mais la nuit est "tabou". Les chasseurs de têtes doivent attendre l'aube pour arriver au village. Au "baang" (maison collective), personne ne doit dormir.
A group has been in the forest for several days. But the night is “taboo”. Headhunters must wait until dawn. At the “baang” (collective house), no one should sleep.
EXTRACTS FROM A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE WAYANG ORANG
EXTRACTS FROM A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE WAYANG ORANG (continued)
Gamelan Orchestra from Pilatan, Indonesia
Tambulilingan / Tamulilingan (Oleg, type of dance)
Kachin State (Burmese: ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Kachin: Jinghpaw Mungdaw) is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet and Yunnan, respectively), Shan State to the south, and Sagaing Region and India (Arunachal Pradesh) to the west. It lies between north latitude 23° 27' and 28° 25' longitude 96° 0' and 98° 44'. The area of Kachin State is 89,041 km2 (34,379 sq mi). The capital of the state is Myitkyina. Other important towns include Bhamo, Mohnyin and Putao. Kachin State has Myanmar's highest mountain, Hkakabo Razi at 5,889 metres (19,321 ft), forming the southern tip of the Himalayas, and a large inland lake, Indawgyi Lake. (Wikipedia)
Burmese folk music (Trad.N/C) Burmese Rice pounding song [1]
Burmese folk music (Trad.N/C) - Dance acc. string instrument
(Lembata Lamabaka) Tarian Urusele/Haman 2
(Lembata Lamabaka) Dolo-Dolo Oreng 1, Lingkaran
(Lembata Lamabaka) Dolo-Dolo Oreng, 2, Lingkaran
Japan (Japanese: 日本, [ɲihoɴ] ⓘ, Nippon or Nihon,[nb 1] and formally 日本国, Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku)[nb 2] is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the five main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. (Wikipedia)
Sabah (Malay pronunciation: [saˈbah]) is a state of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalimantan province to the south. The Federal Territory of Labuan is an island just off Sabah's west coast. Sabah shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the west and the Philippines to the north and east. Kota Kinabalu is the state capital and the economic centre of the state, and the seat of the Sabah State government. Other major towns in Sabah include Sandakan and Tawau. The 2020 census recorded a population of 3,418,785 in the state. It has an equatorial climate with tropical rainforests, abundant with animal and plant species. The state has long mountain ranges on the west side which forms part of the Crocker Range National Park. Kinabatangan River, the second longest river in Malaysia runs through Sabah. The highest point of Sabah, Mount Kinabalu is also the highest point of Malaysia. (Wikipedia)
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America, between Canada and Mexico. It is a federation of 50 states, a federal capital district (Washington, D.C.), and 326 Indian reservations. Outside the union of states, it asserts sovereignty over five major unincorporated island territories and various uninhabited islands.[j] The country has the world's third-largest land area,[d] largest maritime exclusive economic zone, and the third-largest population, exceeding 334 million. (Wikipedia)
America Since the Bomb: The Moon or South-East Asia
Terengganu (Malay pronunciation: [tərəŋɡanu]; Terengganu Malay: Tranung, Jawi: ترڠݢانو‎), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and federal state of Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, Dāru l-Īmān ("Abode of Faith"). The coastal city of Kuala Terengganu, which stands at the mouth of the broad Terengganu River, is both the state and royal capital as well as the most populous city in Terengganu. Other major cities and towns includes Jerteh, Kuala Dungun, Chukai, Kuala Berang, Marang, and Permaisuri. At 13,035 square kilometres in size and a population of over 1.2 million people in 2023, Terengganu is Malaysia's 7th largest state by area and 10th largest in population. Terengganu, along with Kelantan, Perlis and the Federal Territory of Putrajaya is one of the most homogen eous states/territories in the country of which 95% of the population are ethnic Malay-Muslims with its own distinct language/dialect, culture, history and tradition. (Wikipedia)
Bawlakhe (Burmese: ဘော်လခဲမြို့) is a town in the Kayah State of eastern part of Burma. (Wikipedia)
Mr. George Simpson: Shipping Agent Singapore, British North Borneo, Penang, Malaya, Hong Kong 1948-1980
Penang
Penang (Malay: Pulau Pinang, [pi.naŋ]) is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay Peninsula. These two halves are physically connected by the Penang Bridge and the Second Penang Bridge. The state shares borders with Kedah to the north and east, and Perak to the south. (Wikipedia)
Siamang, Malaysia, 1969 - David J Chivers: Primate Recordings - Special Collection
Gombak is a district in the state of Selangor . This district is located in the eastern part of the state of Selangor and covers an area of ​​650 square kilometers. This district is also the fifth most populated district and one of the most densely populated in Malaysia with a total population of 942,400 people. The administrative center of this district is located in Bandar Baru Selayang . (Wikipedia)
Temerloh is a district located in the state of Pahang , Malaysia . This district is located in the middle of the state of Pahang and covers an area of ​​2,251 square kilometers, with a population of 190,500 people. The administrative center of this district is located in Bandar Temerloh. This district is also known as the "Middle Point of the Peninsula" due to its location in the middle of Peninsular Malaysia . (Wikipedia)
Mandalay (/ˌmændəˈleɪ/ or /ˈmændəleɪ/; Burmese: မန္တလေး; MLCTS: manta.le: [mándəlé]) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 miles; road distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census).
Address to the Fourteenth Army at Mandalay
Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, now known as the Korean Demilitarized Zone. In 1948, two states declared independence, both claiming sovereignty over all of Korea: South Korea (Republic of Korea) comprising its southern half and North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half. The region consists of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and minor islands near the peninsula. The peninsula is bordered by China to the north and Russia to the northeast, across the Amnok and Duman rivers. It is separated from Japan to the southeast by the Korea Strait. (Wikipedia)
Krakatoa (/ˌkrɑːkəˈtoʊə, ˌkræk-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈtaʊ/), is a caldera[1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands. Two, Lang and Verlaten, are remnants of a previous volcanic edifice destroyed in eruptions long before the infamous 1883 eruption; another, Rakata, is the remnant of a much larger island destroyed in the 1883 eruption.
Krakatoa Dalby, R. J. (speaker, male) ^A182785 1937-03-05 Recording
Sarawak (/səˈrɑːwɒk/ sə-RAH-wok, Malay: [saˈrawaʔ]) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in the region of East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo) to the south, and Brunei in the north. The capital city, Kuching, is the largest city in Sarawak, the economic centre of the state, and the seat of the Sarawak state government. Other cities and towns in Sarawak include Miri, Sibu, and Bintulu. As of the 2020 Malaysia census, the population of Sarawak was 2.453 million.[9] Sarawak has an equatorial climate with tropical rainforests and abundant animal and plant species. It has several prominent cave systems at Gunung Mulu National Park. Rajang River is the longest river in Malaysia; Bakun Dam, one of the largest dams in Southeast Asia, is located on one of its tributaries, the Balui River. Mount Murud is the highest point in the state. Sarawak is the only state of Malaysia with a Christian majority. (Wikipedia)
Yakubu Dan-Yumma "Jack" Gowon (born 19 October 1934) is a retired Nigerian army general and military leader. As head of state of Nigeria, Gowon presided over a controversial Nigerian Civil War and delivered the famous "no victor, no vanquished" speech at the war's end to promote healing and reconciliation. The Nigerian Civil War is listed as one of the deadliest in modern history, with some accusing Gowon of crimes against humanity and genocide. Gowon maintains that he committed no wrongdoing during the war and that his leadership saved the country.An Anglican Christian from a minority Ngas family of Northern Nigeria, Gowon is a Nigerian nationalist, and a believer in the unity and oneness of Nigeria. Gowon's rise to power followed the July 1966 counter-coup and cemented military rule in Nigeria. Consequently, Gowon served for the longest continuous period as head of state of Nigeria, ruling for almost nine years until his overthrow in the coup d'état of 1975 by Brigadier Murtala Mohammed. (Wikipedia)
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924. Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire into the wealthy, aristocratic Spencer family. He joined the British Army in 1895 and saw action in British India, the Mahdist War (also known as the Anglo-Sudan War), and the Second Boer War, later gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. Elected a Conservative MP in 1900, he defected to the Liberals in 1904. In H. H. Asquith's Liberal government, Churchill served as President of the Board of Trade and Home Secretary, championing prison reform and workers' social security. As First Lord of the Admiralty during the First World War, he oversaw the Gallipoli campaign, but after it proved a disaster, he was demoted to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He resigned in November 1915 and joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front for six months. In 1917, he returned to government under David Lloyd George and served successively as Minister of Munitions, Secretary of State for War, Secretary of State for Air, and Secretary of State for the Colonies, overseeing the Anglo-Irish Treaty and British foreign policy in the Middle East. After two years out of Parliament, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Stanley Baldwin's Conservative government, returning the pound sterling in 1925 to the gold standard at its pre-war parity, a move widely seen as creating deflationary pressure and depressing the UK economy. Out of government during his so-called "wilderness years" in the 1930s, Churchill took the lead in calling for British rearmament to counter the growing threat of militarism in Nazi Germany. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was re-appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. In May 1940, he became prime minister, succeeding Neville Chamberlain. Churchill formed a national government and oversaw British involvement in the Allied war effort against the Axis powers, resulting in victory in 1945. After the Conservatives' defeat in the 1945 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition. Amid the developing Cold War with the Soviet Union, he publicly warned of an "iron curtain" of Soviet influence in Europe and promoted European unity. Between his terms as prime minister, he wrote several books recounting his experience during the war. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. He lost the 1950 election but was returned to office in 1951. His second term was preoccupied with foreign affairs, especially Anglo-American relations and preservation of what remained of the British Empire with India now no longer part of it. Domestically, his government emphasised housebuilding and completed the development of a nuclear weapon (begun by his predecessor). In declining health, Churchill resigned as prime minister in 1955, remaining an MP until 1964. Upon his death in 1965, he was given a state funeral. One of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and the rest of the Anglosphere where he is generally viewed as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending liberal democracy against the spread of fascism. While he has been criticised for his views on race and empire alongside some of his wartime decisions, historians often rank Churchill as the greatest prime minister in British history. (Wikipedia)
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Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, PC (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim,[1] was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. (Wikipedia)
James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. As of 2023, Fulbright is the longest serving chairman in the history of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He is best known for his strong multilateralist positions on international issues, opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War, and the creation of the international fellowship program bearing his name, the Fulbright Program. Fulbright was an admirer of Woodrow Wilson and an avowed anglophile. He was an early advocate for American entry into World War II and aid to Great Britain, first as a college professor and then as an elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives, where he authored the Fulbright Resolution expressing support for international peacekeeping initiatives and American entry into the United Nations. After joining the Senate, Fulbright expressed support for Europeanism and the formation of a federal European union. He envisioned the Cold War as a struggle between nations – the United States and imperialist Russia – rather than ideologies. He therefore dismissed Asia as a peripheral theater of the conflict, focusing on containment of Soviet expansion into Central and Eastern Europe. He also stressed the possibility of nuclear annihilation, preferring political solutions over military solutions to Soviet aggression. After the Cuban Missile Crisis, his position moderated further to one of détente. His political stances and powerful position as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee made him one of the most visible critics of American involvement in the Vietnam War. Although he was persuaded by President Lyndon Johnson to sponsor the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in 1964, his relationship with the President soured after the 1965 U.S. bombing of Pleiku and Fulbright's opposition to the war in Vietnam took root. Beginning in 1966, he chaired high-profile hearings investigating the conduct and progress of the war, which may have influenced the eventual American withdrawal. On domestic issues, Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and signatory to the Southern Manifesto. Fulbright also opposed the anti-Communist crusades of Joseph McCarthy and the similar investigations by the House Un-American Activities Committee. (Wikipedia)
William Alwyn (born William Alwyn Smith; 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985), was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher. (Wikipedia)
Wilfred De'Ath (/diˈɑːt/; 28 July 1937 – 19 February 2020) was a British author and journalist who worked for the BBC as a radio producer in the 1960s and 1970s and wrote a column in The Oldie. (Wikipedia)
Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon. Morse is well known for opposing the Democratic Party’s leadership and for his opposition to the Vietnam War on constitutional grounds.Born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota Law School, Morse moved to Oregon in 1930 and began teaching at the University of Oregon School of Law. During World War II, he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican; he became an Independent after Dwight D. Eisenhower's election to the presidency in 1952. While an independent, he set a record for performing the third-longest one-person filibuster in the history of the Senate. Morse joined the Democratic Party in February 1955, and was reelected twice while a member of that party. Morse made a brief run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1960. In 1964, Morse was one of two senators to oppose the later-to-become-controversial Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. It authorized the president to take military action in Vietnam without a declaration of war. He continued to speak out against the war in the ensuing years, and lost his 1968 bid for reelection to Bob Packwood, who criticized his strong opposition to the war. Morse made two more bids for reelection to the Senate before his death in 1974. (Wikipedia)
Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs ( FUUKS; 11 February 1908 – 11 November 1999) was an English scientist-explorer and expedition organizer. He led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition which reached the South Pole overland in 1958. (Wikipedia)
Lewis John Wynford Vaughan-Thomas (né Thomas) (15 August 1908 – 4 February 1987) was a Welsh newspaper journalist and radio and television broadcaster. In later life he took the name Vaughan-Thomas after his father. (Wikipedia)
Valerian Aleksandrovich Zorin (Russian: Валериан Александрович Зорин; 14 January 1902 – 14 January 1986) was a Soviet diplomat best remembered for his famous confrontation with Adlai Stevenson on 25 October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Wikipedia)
Thant (Burmese: သန့်; MLCTS: san. [θa̰ɰ̃]; 22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974), known honorifically as U Thant (), was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.A native of Pantanaw, Thant was educated at the National High School and at Rangoon University. In the days of tense political climate in Burma, he held moderate views positioning himself between fervent nationalists and British loyalists. He was a close friend of Burma's first Prime Minister U Nu and served in various positions in Nu's cabinet from 1948 to 1961. Thant had a calm and unassuming demeanor that won his colleagues' respect.He was appointed Secretary-General in 1961, six weeks after his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjöld, had died in an air crash. In his first term, Thant facilitated negotiations between U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, helping to avert a global catastrophe. Later, in December that year, Thant ordered Operation Grandslam, which ended a secessionist insurgency in Congo. He was reappointed as Secretary-General on 2 December 1966, by a unanimous vote of the Security Council. During his second term Thant was well known for publicly criticizing U.S. conduct in the Vietnam War. He oversaw the entry of several newly independent African and Asian states into the UN. He refused to serve a third term, and retired in 1971. Thant died of lung cancer in 1974. A devout Buddhist and the foremost Burmese diplomat on the international stage, he was widely admired and held in great respect by the Burmese populace. When the military government refused him any honours, riots erupted in Rangoon; these were violently crushed by the government, leaving scores of casualties. (Wikipedia)
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (Jawi: ‏تونكو عبد الرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه; 8 February 1903 – 6 December 1990) was a Malaysian statesman and lawyer who served as the first prime minister of Malaysia and the head of government of its predecessor states from 1955 to 1970. He was the first chief minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 to 1957. He supervised the independence process that culminated on 31 August 1957. As an independent Malaysia's first prime minister, he dominated the country's politics for the next 13 years.
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Thomas Reginald Handley (17 January 1892 – 9 January 1949) was an English comedian, best known for the BBC radio programme It's That Man Again ("ITMA") which ran between 1939 and 1949. (Wikipedia)
BBC Presenter, Ornithologist, biologist, sociologist, explorer, journalist, author, film maker. Founder and Chairman of Mass-Observation
Major Tom Harnett Harrisson, DSO OBE (26 September 1911 – 16 January 1976) was a British polymath. In the course of his life he was an ornithologist, explorer, journalist, broadcaster, soldier, guerrilla, ethnologist, museum curator, archaeologist, documentarian, film-maker, conservationist and writer. Although often described as an anthropologist, and sometimes referred to as the "Barefoot Anthropologist", his degree studies at University of Cambridge, before he left to live in Oxford, were in natural sciences. He was a founder of the social observation organisation Mass-Observation. He conducted ornithological and anthropological research in Sarawak (1932) and the New Hebrides (1933–35), spent much of his life in Borneo (mainly Sarawak) and finished up in the US, the UK and France, before dying in a road accident in Thailand. (Wikipedia)
Thomas Henry Kuchel ( KEE-kəl; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-manager on the floor for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Kuchel voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court, while Kuchel did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1968. (Wikipedia)
Suharto ( soo-HAR-toh, Indonesian: [suˈharto] ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian military officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto led Indonesia as an authoritarian regime from the fall of his predecessor Sukarno in 1967 until his resignation in 1998 following nationwide unrest. His 32-year dictatorship is considered one of the most brutal and corrupt of the 20th century.Suharto was born in the small village of Kemusuk, in the Godean area near the city of Yogyakarta, during the Dutch colonial era. He grew up in humble circumstances. His Javanese Muslim parents divorced not long after his birth, and he lived with foster parents for much of his childhood. During the Japanese occupation era, Suharto served in the Japanese-organized Indonesian security forces. During Indonesia's independence struggle, he joined the newly formed Indonesian Army. There, Suharto rose to the rank of major general some time after full Indonesian independence was achieved. An attempted coup on 30 September and 1 October 1965 was countered by Suharto-led troops. According to the official history made by the army, this attempt was backed by the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). The army subsequently led a nationwide violent anti-communist purge and Suharto wrested power from Indonesia's founding president, Sukarno. He was appointed acting president in 1967 and elected president the following year. He then mounted a social campaign known as "de-Sukarnoization" to reduce the former president's influence. Suharto ordered an invasion of East Timor in 1975, followed by a deadly 23-year occupation of the country. Support for Suharto's presidency was active throughout the 1970s and 1980s. By the 1990s, the New Order's increasing authoritarianism and widespread corruption were a source of discontent and, following the 1997 Asian financial crisis which led to widespread unrest, he resigned in May 1998. Suharto died in January 2008 and was given a state funeral. Under his "New Order" administration, Suharto constructed a strong, centralised and military-dominated government. What started as an oligarchic military dictatorship evolved into a personalistic authoritarian regime centered around Suharto. An ability to maintain stability over a sprawling and diverse Indonesia and an avowedly anti-communist stance won him the economic and diplomatic support of the West during the Cold War. For most of his presidency, Indonesia experienced significant industrialisation, economic growth, and improved levels of educational attainment. As a result, he was given the title "Father of Development". According to Transparency International, Suharto was one of the most corrupt leaders in modern history, having embezzled an alleged US$15–35 billion during his rule.Suharto remains a controversial and divisive figure within the Indonesian general public. Many Indonesians have praised his New Order leadership for its economic development, rapid industrialization, and perceived political stability, while others have denounced his authoritarian rule and rampant corruption. Plans to award the status of National Hero to Suharto are being considered by the Indonesian government and have been debated vigorously in Indonesia. (Wikipedia)
London Calling Asia: Cambridge University undergraduate Bernard Cousins interviewed
Sound from London Calling Asia: Cambridge University undergraduate Bernard Cousins interviewed
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Solon (Greek: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet. He is one of the Seven Sages of Greece and credited with laying the foundations for Athenian democracy. Solon's efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline resulted in his constitutional reform overturning most of Draco's laws. Solon's reforms included debt relief later known and celebrated among Athenians as the Seisachtheia (shaking off of burdens). He is described by Aristotle in the Athenian Constitution as "the first people's champion." Demosthenes credited Solon's reforms with starting a golden age. Modern knowledge of Solon is limited by the fact that his works only survive in fragments and appear to feature interpolations by later authors. It is further limited by the general paucity of documentary and archaeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC.Ancient authors such as Philo of Alexandria, Herodotus, and Plutarch are the main sources, but wrote about Solon long after his death. Fourth-century BC orators, such as Aeschines, tended to attribute to Solon all the laws of their own, much later times. (Wikipedia)
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was a British physicist who shared with Ernest Walton the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951 for splitting the atomic nucleus, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power. After service on the Western Front with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War, Cockcroft studied electrical engineering at Manchester Municipal College of Technology whilst he was an apprentice at Metropolitan Vickers Trafford Park and was also a member of their research staff. He then won a scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he sat the tripos exam in June 1924, becoming a wrangler. Ernest Rutherford accepted Cockcroft as a research student at the Cavendish Laboratory, and Cockcroft completed his doctorate under Rutherford's supervision in 1928. With Ernest Walton and Mark Oliphant he built what became known as a Cockcroft–Walton generator. Cockcroft and Walton used this to perform the first artificial disintegration of an atomic nucleus, a feat popularly known as splitting the atom. During the Second World War Cockcroft became Assistant Director of Scientific Research in the Ministry of Supply, working on radar. He was also a member of the committee formed to handle issues arising from the Frisch–Peierls memorandum, which calculated that an atomic bomb could be technically feasible, and of the MAUD Committee which succeeded it. In 1940, as part of the Tizard Mission, he shared British technology with his counterparts in the United States. Later in the war, the fruits of the Tizard Mission came back to Britain in the form of the SCR-584 radar set and the proximity fuze, which were used to help defeat the V-1 flying bomb. In May 1944, he became director of the Montreal Laboratory, and oversaw the development of the ZEEP and NRX reactors, and the creation of the Chalk River Laboratories. After the war Cockcroft became the director of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Harwell, where the low-powered, graphite-moderated GLEEP became the first nuclear reactor to operate in western Europe when it was started on 15 August 1947. This was followed by the British Experimental Pile 0 (BEPO) in 1948. Harwell was involved in the design of the reactors and the chemical separation plant at Windscale. Under his direction it took part in frontier fusion research, including the ZETA program. His insistence that the chimney stacks of the Windscale reactors be fitted with filters was mocked as Cockcroft's Folly until the core of one of the reactors ignited and released radionuclides during the Windscale fire of 1957. From 1959 to 1967, he was the first Master of Churchill College, Cambridge. He was also chancellor of the Australian National University in Canberra from 1961 to 1965. (Wikipedia)
Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American[1][2][a] explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1897, and served in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist member for Lambeth North from 1895 to 1900. (Wikipedia)
Sir Henry Hallett Dale (9 June 1875 – 23 July 1968) was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi. (Wikipedia)
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Seymon K. Tsarapkin (1905/1906 – 1984) was a Soviet diplomat. He was involved in negotiations over the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, worked in the United Nations and held various other diplomatic posts. (Wikipedia)
She was the first woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1955, and was appointed CBE in 1979 to honour her many contributions to English literature. In 1974, she was named a "Companion of Literature", the highest honour given by the Royal Society of Literature.[1]
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London Calling Asia: Ruth Pitter on George Orwell
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Sir Sidney George Holland (18 October 1893 – 5 August 1961) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 25th prime minister of New Zealand from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957. He was instrumental in the creation and consolidation of the New Zealand National Party, which was to dominate New Zealand politics for much of the second half of the 20th century. Holland was elected to parliament in 1935, and became the second Leader of the National Party, and Leader of the Opposition, in 1940. He served briefly (1942) in a war cabinet but thereafter attacked the Labour government for its interventionist economic policies. Holland led the National Party to its first election victory in 1949. His National government implemented moderate economic reforms, dismantling many state controls. Holland's government also undertook constitutional change in 1950, by abolishing the Legislative Council, the upper house of parliament, on the grounds that it was ineffectual. In 1951, Holland, having confronted locked out dockers and coal miners intent on what he called "industrial anarchy", called a snap election and was re-elected Prime Minister. In its second term, the National government signed the ANZUS defence agreement with Australia and the United States. Holland led his party to a third consecutive victory in 1954. Following ill health in 1957, Holland stepped down as Prime Minister to be replaced by Keith Holyoake. (Wikipedia)
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966. He held office as the leader of the United Australia Party (UAP) in his first term, and subsequently as the inaugural leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, which he was responsible for establishing and defining in policy and political outreach. He is the longest-serving prime minister in Australian history. Menzies studied law at the University of Melbourne and became one of Melbourne's leading lawyers. He was Deputy Premier of Victoria from 1932 to 1934, and then transferred to Federal Parliament, subsequently becoming Attorney-General of Australia and Minister for Industry in the government of Joseph Lyons. In April 1939, following Lyons's death, Menzies was elected leader of the United Australia Party (UAP) and sworn in as Prime Minister. He authorised Australia's entry into World War II in September 1939, and spent four months in England to participate in meetings of Churchill's war cabinet. On his return to Australia in August 1941, Menzies found that he had lost the support of his party and consequently resigned as Prime Minister. He subsequently helped to create the new Liberal Party, and was elected its inaugural leader in August 1945. At the 1949 federal election, Menzies led the Liberal–Country coalition to victory and returned as prime minister. His appeal to the home and family, promoted via reassuring radio talks, matched the national zeitgeist as the economy grew and middle-class values prevailed; the Australian Labor Party's support had also been eroded by Cold War scares. After 1955, his government also received support from the Democratic Labour Party, a breakaway group from the Labor Party. Menzies won seven consecutive elections during his second term, eventually retiring as prime minister in January 1966. Despite the failures of his first administration, his government is remembered for its development of Australia's capital city of Canberra, its expanded post-war immigration scheme, emphasis on higher education, and national security policies, which saw Australia contribute troops to the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, and the Vietnam War. (Wikipedia)
Louis Stephen St. Laurent (Saint-Laurent or St-Laurent in French, baptized Louis-Étienne St-Laurent; February 1, 1882 – July 25, 1973) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957. Born and raised in southeastern Quebec, St. Laurent was a leading lawyer and a supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada. In December 1941, he entered politics as minister of justice under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. In February 1942, he won a by-election in the riding of Quebec East. In September 1946, St. Laurent became secretary of state for external affairs and served in that post until two years later, when he became leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister, succeeding King who retired. St. Laurent carried the party to back-to-back landslide majority governments in the federal elections of 1949 and 1953. The second French Canadian to hold the office, St. Laurent strongly advocated against communism and was an enthusiastic proponent of Canada joining NATO in 1949 to fight the spread of the ideology. His government also contributed troops to the Korean War. At home, St. Laurent's government introduced the registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) and oversaw the construction of the Trans-Canada Highway, St. Lawrence Seaway, and Trans-Canada Pipeline. St. Laurent earned the nickname "Uncle Louis" as he was popular among the general public throughout his tenure, and the popularity of his government led many to predict that he would easily win the 1957 federal election. However, his decision to rush the 1956 debate on the Trans-Canada Pipeline by invoking closure led some to believe that the Liberals had become arrogant from their two decades in power, and in a major upset, the party was narrowly defeated by John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservatives, ending nearly 22 years of Liberal rule. Shortly after his defeat, St. Laurent retired from politics and returned to his law practice. He is ranked highly among analysts, not least because of his progressive programs and fiscally responsible policies that helped shape post-war Canada. According to historian Donald Creighton, he was an "eminently moderate, cautious...man...and a strong Canadian nationalist." (Wikipedia)
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Ronald William Paul Allison (26 January 1932 – 26 July 2022) was a British journalist. He was the press secretary of Queen Elizabeth II from 1968 to 1978. (Wikipedia)
The Asian club: The writer and his times: Agnus Wilson
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Roderick Lemonde MacFarquhar (2 December 1930 – 10 February 2019) was a British China scholar, politician, and journalist. MacFarquhar was founding editor of China Quarterly in 1959. He served as a Member of Parliament in the 1970s, then joined the BBC .In the 1980s, he became a professor at Harvard University, where he served several terms as director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. He was best known for his studies of Maoist China, the three-volume The Origins of the Cultural Revolution and Mao's Last Revolution. (Wikipedia)
Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart, GCB, GCMG, MVO, PC (25 June 1881 – 14 February 1957), known as Sir Robert Vansittart between 1929 and 1941, was a senior British diplomat in the period before and during the Second World War. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1928 to 1930 and Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1930 to 1938 and later served as Chief Diplomatic Adviser to the British Government. He is best remembered for his opposition to appeasement and his strong stance against Germany during and after the Second World War. Vansittart was also a published poet, novelist and playwright. (Wikipedia)
Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 64th United States attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968, when he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he was a prominent member of the Democratic Party and is an icon of modern American liberalism.Kennedy was born into a wealthy, political family in Brookline, Massachusetts. After serving in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1944 to 1946, Kennedy returned to his studies at Harvard University, and later received his law degree from the University of Virginia. He began his career as a correspondent for The Boston Post and as a lawyer at the Justice Department, but later resigned to manage his brother John's successful campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1952. The following year, he worked as an assistant counsel to the Senate committee chaired by Senator Joseph McCarthy. He gained national attention as the chief counsel of the Senate Labor Rackets Committee from 1957 to 1959, where he publicly challenged Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa over the union's corrupt practices. Kennedy resigned from the committee to conduct his brother's successful campaign in the 1960 presidential election. He was appointed United States attorney general at the age of 35, one of the youngest cabinet members in American history. He served as his brother's closest advisor until the latter's assassination in 1963.His tenure is known for advocating for the civil rights movement, the fight against organized crime and the Mafia, and involvement in U.S. foreign policy related to Cuba. He authored his account of the Cuban Missile Crisis in a book titled Thirteen Days. As attorney general, he authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to wiretap Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on a limited basis. After his brother's assassination, he remained in office during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson for several months. He left to run for the United States Senate from New York in 1964 and defeated Republican incumbent Kenneth Keating, overcoming criticism that he was a "carpetbagger" from Massachusetts. In office, Kennedy opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and raised awareness of poverty by sponsoring legislation designed to lure private business to blighted communities (i.e., Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration project). He was an advocate for issues related to human rights and social justice by traveling abroad to eastern Europe, Latin America, and South Africa, and formed working relationships with Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, and Walter Reuther. In 1968, Kennedy became a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency by appealing to poor, African American, Hispanic, Catholic, and young voters. His main challenger in the race was Senator Eugene McCarthy. Shortly after winning the California primary around midnight on June 5, 1968, Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian, allegedly in retaliation for his support of Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. Kennedy died 25 hours later. Sirhan was arrested, tried, and convicted, though Kennedy's assassination, like his brother's, continues to be the subject of widespread analysis and numerous conspiracy theories. (Wikipedia)
Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985)[1][2] was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. (Wikipedia)
London Calling Asia: A poet and his public
Sound from London Calling Asia: A poet and his public
Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for Best Actor. In his book, The Age of the Dream Palace, Jeffrey Richards wrote that Donat was "British cinema's one undisputed romantic leading man in the 1930s". "The image he projected was that of the romantic idealist, often with a dash of the gentleman adventurer."Donat suffered from chronic asthma, which affected his career and limited him to appearing in only 19 films. (Wikipedia)
Robert Ayres (11 December 1914 – 5 November 1968) was an American film, stage and television actor. He worked mainly in Britain.His stage work included Edward Albee's The American Dream and The Death of Bessie Smith at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1961. (Wikipedia)
Malaysian national music (Negara-Ku and Hamzah Dolmat Folk Group)
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states over the course of her lifetime and remained the monarch of 15 realms by the time of her death. Her reign of over 70 years is the longest of any British monarch, the longest of any female monarch, and the second longest verified reign of any monarch of a sovereign state in history. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George V. She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, and their marriage lasted 73 years until his death in 2021. They had four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward. When her father died in February 1952, Elizabeth—then 25 years old—became queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (known today as Sri Lanka), as well as head of the Commonwealth. Elizabeth reigned as a constitutional monarch through major political changes such as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, devolution in the United Kingdom, the decolonisation of Africa, and the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities, as well as its subsequent withdrawal. The number of her realms varied over time as territories gained independence and some realms became republics. As queen, Elizabeth was served by more than 170 prime ministers across her realms. Her many historic visits and meetings included state visits to China in 1986, to Russia in 1994, and to the Republic of Ireland in 2011, and meetings with five popes and fourteen US presidents. Significant events included Elizabeth's coronation in 1953 and the celebrations of her Silver, Golden, Diamond, and Platinum jubilees in 1977, 2002, 2012, and 2022, respectively. Although she faced occasional republican sentiment and media criticism of her family—particularly after the breakdowns of her children's marriages, her annus horribilis in 1992, and the death in 1997 of her former daughter-in-law Diana—support for the monarchy in the United Kingdom remained consistently high throughout her lifetime, as did her personal popularity. Elizabeth died aged 96 at Balmoral Castle in September 2022, and was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III. (Wikipedia)
Plato ( PLAY-toe; born Aristocles; c. 427 – 348 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a top thinker in Philosophy. Plato founded the Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism. The philosopher was an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms in philosophy. He was a system-builder. He also raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy. Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He had decisive influence in the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them derives from Plato himself.Along with his teacher Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. Although their popularity has fluctuated, they have consistently been read and studied through the ages. Through Neoplatonism, he also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." (Wikipedia)
Lionel Peter Twiss OBE, DSC & Bar (23 July 1921 – 31 August 2011) was a British test pilot who held the World Air Speed Record in 1956. (Wikipedia)
Norodom Sihanouk (; 31 October 1922 – 15 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout his long career, most often as both King and Prime Minister of Cambodia. In Cambodia, he is known as Samdech Euv (meaning "King Father"). During his lifetime, Cambodia was under various regimes, from French colonial rule (until 1953), a Japanese puppet state (1945), an independent kingdom (1953–1970), a military republic (1970–1975), the Khmer Rouge regime (1975–1979), a Vietnamese-backed communist regime (1979–1989), a transitional communist regime (1989–1993) to eventually another kingdom (since 1993). Sihanouk was the only child of Prince Norodom Suramarit and Princess Sisowath Kossamak, daughter of King Sisowath Monivong. When his grandfather Monivong died in 1941, Sihanouk became king amidst French colonial rule. After the Japanese occupation of Cambodia during World War II, he secured Cambodian independence from France in 1953. He abdicated in 1955 and was succeeded by his father, Suramarit, so as to directly participate in politics. Sihanouk's political organization Sangkum won the general elections that year, and he became prime minister of Cambodia. He governed the country under one-party rule and suppressed political dissent. After his father died in 1960, Sihanouk assumed a new position as Chief of State of Cambodia. Officially neutral in foreign relations, Sihanouk was closer to the communist bloc in practice. The 1970 Cambodian coup d'état ousted him, and he fled to China and North Korea, forming a government-in-exile and a resistance movement there. He encouraged Cambodians to fight the new government and backed the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian Civil War. He returned as figurehead head of state after the Khmer Rouge's victory in 1975. His relations with the new government soured, and in 1976 he resigned. He was placed under house arrest until Vietnamese forces overthrew the Khmer Rouge in 1979. Sihanouk went into exile again and in 1981 formed FUNCINPEC, a resistance party. The following year, he became president of the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK), a broad coalition of anti-Vietnamese resistance factions which retained Cambodia's seat at the United Nations, making him Cambodia's internationally recognized head of state. In the late 1980s, informal talks were carried out to end hostilities between the Vietnam-supported People's Republic of Kampuchea and the CGDK. In 1990, the Supreme National Council of Cambodia was formed as a transitional body to oversee Cambodia's sovereign matters, with Sihanouk as its president. The 1991 Paris Peace Accords were signed, and the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was established the following year. The UNTAC organized the general elections in 1993, and a coalition government, jointly led by his son Norodom Ranariddh and Hun Sen, was subsequently formed. Sihanouk was reinstated as Cambodia's king. He abdicated again in 2004, and the Royal Council of the Throne chose his son Sihamoni as his successor. Sihanouk died in Beijing in 2012. Between 1941 and 2006, Sihanouk produced and directed 50 films, some of which he acted in. The films, later described as being of low quality, often featured nationalistic elements, as did a number of the songs he wrote. Some of his songs were about his wife Monique, the nations neighboring Cambodia, and the communist leaders who supported him in his exile. In the 1980s, Sihanouk held concerts for diplomats in New York City. He also participated in concerts at his palace during his second reign. Sihanouk is remembered for his role in shaping modern Cambodia, particularly in leading the country to independence, although his reputation was damaged by his association with the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. (Wikipedia)
Ngô Đình Nhu; 7 October 1910 – 2 November 1963; baptismal name Jacob) was a Vietnamese archivist and politician.[1] He was the younger brother and chief political advisor of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm. Although he held no formal executive position, he wielded immense unofficial power, exercising personal command of both the ARVN Special Forces (a paramilitary unit which served as the Ngô family's de facto private army) and the Cần Lao political apparatus (also known as the Personalist Labor Party) which served as the regime's de facto secret police.
James Muir Mathieson, OBE (24 January 1911 – 2 August 1975) was a British musician whose career was spent mainly as the musical director for British film studios. Born in Scotland, to a musical family, Mathieson won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London. His teachers there included Malcolm Sargent, who recommended him to the film producer Alexander Korda, whose musical director he became in 1934. Mathieson made most of his career in the film industry. After the Second World War he was musical director to the Rank Organisation. Among the composers from whom Mathieson commissioned film scores were Arthur Bliss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Benjamin Britten. Mathieson rarely wrote the music for the films on which he worked, considering himself to lack the talent for original composition, but he helped the composers who wrote for him to make their material precisely fit the action of the film, and he arranged concert suites from some of the scores he commissioned. He was responsible as musical director, arranger, conductor or occasionally composer for nearly a thousand films. (Wikipedia)
Blinded in World War I, trained in typing, braille, and stringwork, formed a dance band, learned to play trumpet with three fingers, enjoys dominoes, molo, darts, bridge.
London Calling Asia: Work and Hobbies of the blind
Sound from London Calling Asia: Work and Hobbies of the blind
Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante (born William Alexander Clarke; 24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader, who, in 1962, became the first prime minister of Jamaica. (Wikipedia)
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, CMG, QC (28 April 1898 – 28 November 1971) was a Barbadian politician. He served as the inaugural premier of Barbados from 1953 to 1958 and then became the first and only prime minister of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. He was a founder of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), and he was named in 1998 as one of the National Heroes of Barbados. (Wikipedia)
Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 to 1977. As the leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1961 to 1977, Mansfield was the second longest-serving party leader Senate history, after Mitch McConnell. During his tenure, he shepherded Great Society programs through the Senate. Born in Brooklyn, Mansfield grew up in Great Falls, Montana. He lied about his age to serve in the United States Navy during World War I. After the war, he became a professor of history and political science at the University of Montana. He won election to the House of Representatives and served on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs during World War II. In 1952, he defeated incumbent Republican Senator Zales Ecton to take a seat in the Senate. Mansfield served as Senate Majority Whip from 1957 to 1961. Mansfield ascended to Senate Majority Leader after Lyndon B. Johnson resigned from the Senate to become vice president. In the later years of the Vietnam War, he opposed escalation of American involvement and supported President Richard Nixon's plans for Vietnamization. After retiring from the Senate, Mansfield served as United States Ambassador to Japan from 1977 to 1988. Mansfield is the longest-serving American ambassador to Japan in history. Upon his retirement, he was awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mansfield later served for a time as a senior adviser on East Asian affairs to Goldman Sachs. (Wikipedia)
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett OM CH CBE (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War. In his lifetime he was sometimes ranked with his contemporary Benjamin Britten as one of the leading British composers of the 20th century. Among his best-known works are the oratorio A Child of Our Time, the orchestral Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, and the opera The Midsummer Marriage.
London Calling Asia: A composer and his public
Sound from London Calling Asia: A composer and his public
BBC Presenter for The World Today (World Service)
Melville de Mellow (also de Mello) (1913 - 1989) was an Indian radio broadcaster with the All India Radio. He is remembered for his high-quality reports and commentary on various events in independent India, the most notable of which was a seven-hour broadcast of Mahatma Gandhi's funeral in Delhi. He was conferred the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1963 in recognition of his services to broadcasting. (Wikipedia)
Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century. He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles." After the war, he served as the fifth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. He is the father of biographer and historian John Maxwell Taylor and of military historian and author Thomas Happer Taylor. A controversial figure, Taylor was considered, along with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, to have played a major role during the early days of the Vietnam War in the decision to deploy US combat troops to Vietnam and to escalate the conflict more generally. (Wikipedia)
Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, television and film. She came to national attention following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role as the Duchess of Brighton in The V.I.P.s (1963). In the early 1960s, She starred as Agatha Christie's character Miss Marple in a series of four George Pollock films. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 and a Dame Commander (DBE) in 1967. (Wikipedia)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī;[pron 1] 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (from Sanskrit 'great-souled, venerable'), first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is now used throughout the world. (Wikipedia)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a U.S. representative and U.S. senator. Born in Stonewall, Texas, Johnson worked as a high school teacher and a congressional aide before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1937. In 1948, he was controversially declared winner in the Democratic Party's primary for the 1948 Senate election in Texas and won the general election. He became Senate majority whip in 1951, Senate Democratic leader in 1953 and majority leader in 1954. In 1960, Johnson ran for the Democratic presidential nomination. Ultimately, Senator Kennedy bested Johnson and his other rivals for the nomination before surprising many by offering to make Johnson his vice presidential running mate. The Kennedy–Johnson ticket won the general election. Vice President Johnson assumed the presidency in 1963, after President Kennedy was assassinated. The following year, Johnson was elected to the presidency in a landslide, winning the largest share of the popular vote for the Democratic Party in history, and the highest for any candidate since the advent of widespread popular elections in the 1820s. Johnson's Great Society was aimed at expanding civil rights, public broadcasting, access to health care, aid to education and the arts, urban and rural development, and public services. He sought to create better living conditions for low-income Americans by spearheading the war on poverty. As part of these efforts, Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965, which resulted in the creation of Medicare and Medicaid. Johnson made the Apollo program a national priority; enacted the Higher Education Act of 1965, which established federally insured student loans; and signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which laid the groundwork for U.S. immigration policy today. Johnson's stance on civil rights put him at odds with other white, Southern Democrats. His civil rights legacy was shaped by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. His foreign policy prioritized containment of communism, including in the ongoing Vietnam War. He launched a full-scale military intervention in Southeast Asia, dramatically increasing the number of American military personnel deployed; casualties soared among U.S. soldiers and Vietnam civilians. In 1968, the communist Tet Offensive inflamed the anti-war movement and public opinion turned against America's involvement in the war. In Europe, Johnson maintained the postwar policies of his predecessors, by continuing to promote and foster political integration and economic cooperation among Western European nations.During his presidency, the American political landscape transformed significantly, as white Southerners who were once staunch Democrats began moving to the Republican Party and Black voters who sporadically supported the Democrats prior to 1964 began shifting towards the party in historic numbers. Due to his domestic agenda, Johnson's presidency marked the peak of modern American liberalism in the 20th century. Johnson faced further troubles with race riots in major cities and increasing crime. His political opponents seized the opportunity and raised demands for "law and order" policies. Johnson began his presidency with near-universal support, but his approval declined throughout his presidency as the public became frustrated with both the Vietnam War and domestic unrest. Johnson initially sought to run for re-election; however, following disappointing results in the New Hampshire primary he withdrew his candidacy. Johnson returned to his Texas ranch, where he died in 1973. Public opinion and academic assessments of his legacy have fluctuated greatly ever since. Historians and scholars rank Johnson in the upper tier for his accomplishments regarding domestic policy. His administration passed many major laws that made substantial changes in civil rights, health care, welfare, and education. Conversely, Johnson is strongly criticized for his foreign policy, namely presiding over escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War. (Wikipedia)
Henry William George Lupino (16 June 1892 – 10 November 1959) professionally Lupino Lane, was an English actor and theatre manager, and a member of the famous Lupino family, which eventually included his cousin, the screenwriter/director/actress Ida Lupino. Lane started out as a child performer, known as 'Little Nipper', and went on to appear in a wide range of theatrical, music hall and film performances. Increasingly celebrated for his silent comedy short subjects, he is best known in the United Kingdom for playing Bill Snibson in the play and film Me and My Girl, which popularized the song and dance routine "The Lambeth Walk".[1]
Admiral of the Fleet Albert Victor Nicholas Louis Francis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma[1][2][n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family. He was a maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a second cousin of King George VI. He joined the Royal Navy during the First World War and was appointed Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the Second World War. He later served as the last Viceroy of India and briefly as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India. (Wikipedia)
Leopold Mordkhelovich Godowsky Sr. (13 February 1870 – 21 November 1938) was a Lithuanian-born American virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher. He was one of the most highly regarded performers of his time,[1] known for his theories concerning the application of relaxed weight and economy of motion within pianistic technique – principles later propagated by his pupils, such as Heinrich Neuhaus. (Wikipedia)
Java suite: Gamelan Piano music of Leopold Godowsky
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April 1880 – 20 February 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first "modern" archaeologists who excavated in a methodical way, keeping careful records, and using them to reconstruct ancient life and history.[1] Woolley was knighted in 1935 for his contributions to the discipline of archaeology.[2] He married the British archaeologist Katharine Woolley. (Wikipedia)
Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman and lawyer who served as the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, as well as Secretary-General of the People's Action Party from 1954 to 1992. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong Pagar from 1955 until his death in 2015. Lee is widely recognised as the founding father of the modern Singaporean state, and for his leadership in turning it into a highly developed country under his tenure.
Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, CBE (13 December 1906 – 15 December 1996)[1][2] was a South African Afrikaner writer, farmer, soldier, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist. He was noted for his interest in Jungianism and the Kalahari Bushmen, his experiences during World War II, as well as his relationships with notable figures such as the future King Charles III and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. After his death, there was controversy over claims that he had exaggerated many aspects of his life, as well as his sexual abuse and impregnation of a 14-year-old girl.
Laurence Duval Gilliam, OBE (4 March 1907 – 15 November 1964) was a BBC radio producer.Gilliam worked with the Gramophone Company, before transferred to the BBC drama department in 1933, where he was responsible for features. At the end of World War II he was appointed OBE for his outstanding programmes. (Wikipedia)
Not entirely clear, but he appears to be a Malaysian BBC presenter from Sarawak
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. (Wikipedia)
King George V opening the British Empire Exhibition
Message to the Empire [Christmas Day message]
London Calling Asia: A novelist and his public
Sound from London Calling Asia: A novelist and his public
Sir John Tusa (born 2 March 1936) is a British arts administrator, and radio and television journalist. He is co-chairman of the European Union Youth Orchestra from 2014. chairman, British Architecture Trust Board, RIBA, from 2014. From 1980 to 1986, he was a main presenter of BBC 2's Newsnight programme. From 1986 to 1993, he was managing director of the BBC World Service. From 1995 to 2007, he was managing director of the City of London's Barbican Arts Centre. (Wikipedia)
John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military officer who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower is known for leading the Tower Commission, which investigated the Iran-Contra Affair in the Reagan administration. Born in Houston, Texas, he served in the Pacific Theater of World War II. After the war, he worked as a radio announcer and taught at Midwestern University (now Midwestern State University) in Wichita Falls. He switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in the early 1950s and worked on the 1956 presidential campaign of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Tower lost Texas's 1960 Senate election to Democratic Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, but performed relatively well compared to his Republican predecessors. With the Democratic victory in the 1960 presidential election, Johnson vacated his Senate seat to become Vice President of the United States. In the 1961 special election, Tower defeated Johnson's appointed successor, Bill Blakley. He won re-election in 1966, 1972, and 1978. Upon joining the Senate in 1961, Tower became the first Republican Senator to represent a state in the South since 1913. He was the only Southern Republican in the Senate until Strom Thurmond switched parties in 1964. A political conservative earlier in his career, Tower staunchly opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Starting in 1976 with his support of Gerald Ford rather than Ronald Reagan in the 1976 Republican primaries, Tower began to alienate many fellow conservatives. He became less conservative over time, later voicing support for legal abortion, gay rights, and opposing President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative in 1983. Tower retired from the Senate in 1985. After leaving Congress, he served as chief negotiator of the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks with the Soviet Union and led the Tower Commission. The commission's report was highly critical of the Reagan administration's relations with Iran and the Contras. In 1989, incoming President George H. W. Bush chose Tower as his nominee for Secretary of Defense, but his nomination was rejected by the Senate. After the defeat, Tower chaired the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. Tower died in the 1991 Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 crash. (Wikipedia)
Founding director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC (/ˈriːθ/; 20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971), was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. In 1922, he was employed by the BBC, then the British Broadcasting Company Ltd., as its general manager; in 1923 he became its managing director, and in 1927 he was employed as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation created under a royal charter. His concept of broadcasting as a way of educating the masses marked for a long time the BBC and similar organisations around the world. An engineer by profession, and standing at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall, he was a larger-than-life figure who was a pioneer in his field. (Wikipedia)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to his presidency. Born into the prominent Kennedy family in Brookline, Massachusetts, Kennedy graduated from Harvard University in 1940, joining the U.S. Naval Reserve the following year. During World War II, he commanded PT boats in the Pacific theater. Kennedy's survival following the sinking of PT-109 and his rescue of his fellow sailors made him a war hero and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, but left him with serious injuries. After a brief stint in journalism, Kennedy represented a working-class Boston district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953. He was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate, serving as the junior senator for Massachusetts from 1953 to 1960. While in the Senate, Kennedy published his book, Profiles in Courage, which won a Pulitzer Prize. Kennedy ran in the 1960 presidential election. His campaign gained momentum after the first televised presidential debates in American history, and he was elected president, narrowly defeating Republican opponent Richard Nixon, the incumbent vice president. Kennedy's presidency saw high tensions with communist states in the Cold War. He increased the number of American military advisers in South Vietnam, and the Strategic Hamlet Program began during his presidency. In 1961, he authorized attempts to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion and Operation Mongoose. In October 1962, U.S. spy planes discovered Soviet missile bases had been deployed in Cuba. The resulting period of tensions, termed the Cuban Missile Crisis, nearly resulted in nuclear war. In August 1961, after East German troops erected the Berlin Wall, Kennedy sent an army convoy to reassure West Berliners of U.S. support, and delivered one of his most famous speeches in West Berlin in June 1963. In 1963, Kennedy signed the first nuclear weapons treaty. He presided over the establishment of the Peace Corps, Alliance for Progress with Latin America, and the continuation of the Apollo program with the goal of landing a man on the Moon before 1970. He supported the civil rights movement but was only somewhat successful in passing his New Frontier domestic policies. On November 22, 1963, Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. His vice president, Lyndon B. Johnson, assumed the presidency. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the assassination, but he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby two days later. The FBI and the Warren Commission both concluded Oswald had acted alone, but conspiracy theories about the assassination persist. After Kennedy's death, Congress enacted many of his proposals, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Revenue Act of 1964. Kennedy ranks highly in polls of U.S. presidents with historians and the general public. His personal life has been the focus of considerable sustained interest following public revelations in the 1970s of his chronic health ailments and extramarital affairs. Kennedy is the most recent U.S. president to have died in office. (Wikipedia)
John Henry Antill, CMG, OBE (8 April 1904 – 29 December 1986) was an Australian composer best known for his ballet Corroboree. (Wikipedia)
John Henry Whitley (8 February 1866 – 3 February 1935), often known as J. H. Whitley, was a British politician and Georgist.[2][3] He was the final Liberal to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons, a role he held from 1921 to 1928. His friendship with John Reith led to his appointment as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC in 1930.[23] In 1932, he made the first broadcast on the Empire Service, which developed into the World Service.[7] He held the Chairmanship until his death. (Wikipedia)
Indira Feroze Gandhi (Hindi: [ˈɪndɪɾɑː ˈɡɑːndʱi] ; née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and, to date, only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress. Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her in office as the country's sixth prime minister. Furthermore, Gandhi's cumulative tenure of 15 years and 350 days makes her the second-longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father. Henry Kissinger described her as an "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her tough personality since her lifetime.During Nehru's premiership from 1947 to 1964, Gandhi served as his hostess and accompanied him on his numerous foreign trips. In 1959, she played a part in the dissolution of the communist-led Kerala state government as then-president of the Indian National Congress, otherwise a ceremonial position to which she was elected earlier that year. Lal Bahadur Shastri, who had succeeded Nehru as prime minister upon his death in 1964, appointed her minister of information and broadcasting in his government; the same year she was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. On Shastri's sudden death in January 1966, Gandhi defeated her rival, Morarji Desai, in the Congress Party's parliamentary leadership election to become leader and also succeeded Shastri as prime minister. She led the Congress to victory in two subsequent elections, starting with the 1967 general election, in which she was first elected to the lower house of the Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha. In 1971, the Congress Party headed by Gandhi managed to secure its first landslide victory since her father's sweep in 1962, focusing on issues such as poverty. But following the nationwide Emergency implemented by her, she faced massive anti-incumbency and lost the 1977 general election, the first time for the Congress party to do so. Gandhi was ousted from office and even lost her seat in parliament in the election. Nevertheless, her faction of the Congress Party won the next general election by a landslide, due to Gandhi's leadership and weak governance of the Janata Party rule, the first non-Congress government in independent modern India's history. As prime minister, Gandhi was known for her political intransigence and unprecedented centralization of power. In 1967, she headed a military conflict with China in which India successfully repelled Chinese incursions in the Himalayas. In 1971, she went to war with Pakistan in support of the independence movement and war of independence in East Pakistan, which resulted in an Indian victory and the creation of Bangladesh, as well as increasing India's influence to the point where it became the sole regional power in South Asia. Gandhi's rule saw India grow closer to the Soviet Union by signing a friendship treaty in 1971, with India receiving military, financial, and diplomatic support from the Soviet Union during its conflict with Pakistan in the same year. Despite India being at the forefront of the non-aligned movement, Gandhi led India to become one of the Soviet Union's closest allies in Asia, with India and the Soviet Union often supporting each other in proxy wars and at the United Nations. Citing separatist tendencies and in response to a call for revolution, Gandhi instituted a state of emergency from 1975 to 1977, during which basic civil liberties were suspended and the press was censored. Widespread atrocities were carried out during that period. Gandhi faced the growing Sikh separatism throughout her third premiership; in response, she ordered Operation Blue Star, which involved military action in the Golden Temple and resulted in bloodshed with hundreds of Sikhs killed. On 31 October 1984, Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards, both of whom were Sikh nationalists seeking retribution for the events at the temple. Gandhi is remembered as the most powerful woman in the world during her tenure. Her supporters cite her leadership during victories over geopolitical rivals China and Pakistan, the Green Revolution, a growing economy in the early 1980s, and her anti-poverty campaign that led her to be known as "Mother Indira" (a pun on Mother India) among the country's poor and rural classes. However, critics note her authoritarian rule of India during the Emergency. In 1999, Gandhi was named "Woman of the Millennium" in an online poll organized by the BBC. In 2020, Gandhi was named by Time magazine among the 100 women who defined the past century as counterparts to the magazine's previous choices for Man of the Year. (Wikipedia)
Ian Douglas Smith (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979. He was the country's first leader to be born and raised in Rhodesia, and led the predominantly white government that unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in November 1965 in opposition to the UK's demands for the implementation of majority rule as a condition for independence. His 15 years in power were defined by the country's international isolation and involvement in the Rhodesian Bush War, which pitted Rhodesia's armed forces against the Soviet- and Chinese-funded military wings of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU). Smith was born to British immigrants in the small town of Selukwe in the Southern Rhodesian Midlands, four years before the colony became self-governing in 1923. During the Second World War, he served as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot. A crash in Egypt caused debilitating facial and bodily wounds that remained conspicuous for the rest of his life. Following recovery, he served in Europe, where he was shot down and subsequently fought alongside Italian partisans. After the war, he established a farm in his hometown in 1948 and became a Member of Parliament for Selukwe that same year. Originally a member of the Liberal Party, he defected to the United Federal Party in 1953, and served as Chief Whip from 1958 onwards. He left that party in 1961 in protest over the territory's new constitution, and went on to co-found the Rhodesian Front the following year. Smith became Deputy Prime Minister following the Front's December 1962 election victory, and he stepped up to the premiership after Field resigned in April 1964, two months before the first events that led to the Bush War took place. After repeated talks with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson broke down, Smith and his Cabinet unilaterally declared independence on 11 November 1965 in an effort to delay majority rule; shortly afterwards, the first phase of the war began in earnest. After further negotiations with the UK failed, Rhodesia cut all remaining British ties and reconstituted itself as a republic in 1970. Smith led the Front to four election victories over the course of his premiership; despite sporadic negotiations with moderate leader Abel Muzorawa over the course of the war, his support came exclusively from the white minority, with the black majority being widely disenfranchised under the country's electoral system. The country initially endured United Nations sanctions and international isolation with the assistance of South Africa and, until 1974, the Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique. Following 15 years of protracted fighting, with economic sanctions, international pressure and the decline in South African support taking their toll, Smith conceded to the implementation of majority rule and signed the Internal Settlement in 1978 with moderate leaders, excluding ZANU and ZAPU; the country was renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia the following year. The new order, however, failed to gain international recognition, and the war continued. After being succeeded as Prime Minister by Muzorawa, Smith took part in the trilateral peace negotiations at Lancaster House, which led to fully free elections and the recognition of an independent Zimbabwe. Following the election, Smith served as Leader of the Opposition for seven years and marked himself as a strident critic of Robert Mugabe's government. His criticisms persisted after his 1987 retirement: He dedicated much of his 1997 memoir, The Great Betrayal, to condemning Mugabe, UK politicians, and defending his premiership. In 2005, Smith moved to South Africa for medical treatment, where he died two years later at the age of 88. As the dominant political figure and public face of Rhodesia in its final decades, Smith remains a divisive and controversial political figure to this day. By his supporters, he has been hailed as "a political visionary ... who understood the uncomfortable truths of Africa", defending his rule as one of stability and a stalwart against communism. His critics, in turn, have condemned him as "an unrepentant racist ... who brought untold suffering to millions of Zimbabweans" as the leader of a white supremacist government responsible for disempowering and discriminating against the black majority. (Wikipedia)
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Lieutenant General Sir Edward Ian Claud Jacob GBE, CB (27 September 1899 – 24 April 1993), known as Ian Jacob, was a British Army officer, who served as the Military Assistant Secretary to Winston Churchill's war cabinet and was later a distinguished broadcasting executive, serving as the Director-General of the BBC from 1952 to 1959. (Wikipedia)
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Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. (Wikipedia)
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Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, CH, PC (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) was a British politician who held a variety of senior positions in the Cabinet as a member of the Labour Party. During the inter-war period, he was Minister of Transport during the Second MacDonald ministry, then after losing his parliamentary seat in the 1931 general election, he became Leader of the London County Council in the 1930s. After returning to the Commons, he was defeated by Clement Attlee in the 1935 Labour Party leadership election but later acted as Home Secretary in the wartime coalition. (Wikipedia)
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore also produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz during the Second World War, along with other graphic works on paper. (Wikipedia)
Sālote Tupou III (born Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu; 13 March 1900 – 16 December 1965) was Queen of Tonga from 1918 to her death in 1965. She reigned for nearly 48 years, longer than any other Tongan monarch. She was well known for her height, standing 6 ft 3 in (1.91 metres) tall in her prime. (Wikipedia)
Gwynfor Richard Evans (1 September 1912 – 21 April 2005) was a Welsh politician, lawyer and author. He was President of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru for thirty-six years and was the first member of Parliament to represent it at Westminster, which he did twice, from 1966 to 1970, and again from 1974 to 1979. On entering the House of Commons, he famously failed in his attempt to obtain permission to take the oath in the Welsh language. He was the first MP to attempt to do so, but the right to take the oath in any of the UK's native languages was not granted until 1974. His most notable achievement was his successful campaign for the creation of a Welsh-language television channel. (Wikipedia)
William Glyn Hughes Simon (14 April 1903 – 14 June 1972) was a Welsh prelate who served as the Anglican Archbishop of Wales from 1968 to 1971. (Wikipedia)
Templer is best known for implementing strategies that heavily contributed to the defeat of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) during the Malayan Emergency. (Wikipedia)
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Sir Geraint Llewellyn Evans CBE (16 February 1922 – 19 September 1992) was a Welsh bass-baritone noted for operatic roles including Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and the title role in Wozzeck. Evans was especially acclaimed for his performances in the title role of Verdi's Falstaff. He sang more than 70 different roles in a career that lasted from his first appearance at Covent Garden in 1948 to his farewell there in 1984. (Wikipedia)
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell.[2] His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.[3]
George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he became a renowned debater. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Forces upon the country's entry into World War II. As a B-24 Liberator pilot, he flew 35 missions over German-occupied Europe from a base in Italy. Among the medals he received was a Distinguished Flying Cross for making a hazardous emergency landing of his damaged plane and saving his crew. After the war he earned degrees from Dakota Wesleyan University and Northwestern University, culminating in a PhD, and served as a history professor. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1956 and re-elected in 1958. After a failed bid for the U.S. Senate in 1960, he was a successful candidate in 1962. As a senator, McGovern was an example of modern American liberalism. He became most known for his outspoken opposition to the growing U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He staged a brief nomination run in the 1968 presidential election as a stand-in for the assassinated Robert F. Kennedy. The subsequent McGovern–Fraser Commission fundamentally altered the presidential nominating process, by increasing the number of caucuses and primaries and reducing the influence of party insiders. The McGovern–Hatfield Amendment sought to end the Vietnam War by legislative means but was defeated in 1970 and 1971. McGovern's long-shot, grassroots-based 1972 presidential campaign found triumph in gaining the Democratic nomination but left the party split ideologically, and the failed vice-presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton undermined McGovern's credibility. In the general election McGovern lost to incumbent Richard Nixon in one of the biggest landslides in U.S. electoral history. Though re-elected to the Senate in 1968 and 1974, McGovern was defeated in his bid for a fourth term in 1980. Beginning with his experiences in war-torn Italy and continuing throughout his career, McGovern was involved in issues related to agriculture, food, nutrition, and hunger. As the first director of the Food for Peace program in 1961, McGovern oversaw the distribution of U.S. surpluses to the needy abroad and was instrumental in the creation of the United Nations-run World Food Programme. As sole chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs from 1968 to 1977, McGovern publicized the problem of hunger within the United States and issued the "McGovern Report", which led to a new set of nutritional guidelines for Americans. McGovern later served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture from 1998 to 2001 and was appointed the first UN global ambassador on world hunger by the World Food Programme in 2001. The McGovern–Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program has provided school meals for millions of children in dozens of countries since 2000 and resulted in McGovern's being named World Food Prize co‑laureate in 2008. (Wikipedia)
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. He lectured widely and wrote scholarly histories of the relations between the USSR and the United States. He was also one of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men". During the late 1940s, his writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and the U.S. foreign policy of containing the USSR. His "Long Telegram" from Moscow in 1946 and the subsequent 1947 article "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" argued that the Soviet regime was inherently expansionist and that its influence had to be "contained" in areas of vital strategic importance to the United States. These texts provided justification for the Truman administration's new anti-Soviet policy. Kennan played a major role in the development of definitive Cold War programs and institutions, notably the Marshall Plan. Soon after his concepts had become U.S. policy, Kennan began to criticize the foreign policies that he had helped articulate. By late 1948, Kennan became confident that the US could commence positive dialogue with the Soviet government. His proposals were dismissed by the Truman administration, and Kennan's influence waned, particularly after Dean Acheson was appointed Secretary of State in 1949. Soon thereafter, U.S. Cold War strategy assumed a more assertive and militaristic quality, causing Kennan to lament what he believed was an abrogation of his previous assessments. In 1950, Kennan left the State Department—except for a brief ambassadorial stint in Moscow and a longer one in Yugoslavia—and became a realist critic of U.S. foreign policy. He continued to analyze international affairs as a faculty member of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1956 until his death in 2005 at age 101. (Wikipedia)
Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. The aircraft company he founded produced the Mosquito, which has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production. (Wikipedia)
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy,Lord Medway Gathorne
Lord Medway was an assistant at the Sarawak Museum, Sarawak, a British colony on the north-west coast of Borneo, 1956-8. Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook, (born 20 June 1933), styled Lord Medway until 1978, is a British zoologist, biologist, naturalist, and peer. Since 1956, he has been active in the fields of ornithology, mammalogy, and zooarchaeology, and has influenced research and education in Southeast Asia. His career focus was on swiftlets and other small Southeast Asian birds, as well as on mammals, including orangutans.He is the author of Wild Mammals of South-East Asia (1986), Wonders of nature in South-East Asia (1997) and Swiftlets of Borneo: Builders of Edible Nests (2002) and Key Environments: Malaysia (2013), which had a foreword from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. (Wikipedia)
Frederick William Mulley, Baron Mulley, PC (3 July 1918 – 15 March 1995) was a British Labour Party politician, barrister-at-law and economist. (Wikipedia)
A speaker who experienced the harsh conditions of building the Burma-Siam Railway during World War II
Charles Frank Byers, Baron Byers, OBE, PC, DL (24 July 1915 – 6 February 1984) was a British Liberal Party politician who later became a life peer and Privy Councillor. (Wikipedia)
Ernest Lush (23 January 1908 – 12 May 1988) was an English classical pianist who was best known as an accompanist. (Wikipedia)
John Enoch Powell (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (1950–1974) and was Minister of Health (1960–1963) then Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP (1974–1987). Before entering politics, Powell was a classical scholar. During the Second World War, he served in both staff and intelligence positions, reaching the rank of brigadier. He also wrote poetry, and many books on classical and political subjects. Powell attracted widespread attention for his "Rivers of Blood" speech, delivered on 20 April 1968 to the General Meeting of the West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre. In it, Powell criticised the rates of immigration into the UK, especially from the New Commonwealth, and opposed the anti-discrimination legislation Race Relations Bill. The speech drew sharp criticism from some of Powell's own party members and The Times, with Conservative Party leader Edward Heath dismissing Powell a day after the speech from his position as Shadow Defence Secretary. In the aftermath of the speech, several polls suggested that 67 to 82 per cent of the UK population agreed with Powell's opinions. His supporters claimed that the large public following that Powell attracted helped the Conservatives to win the 1970 general election, and perhaps cost them the February 1974 general election, when Powell turned his back on the Conservatives by endorsing a vote for Labour, which returned as a minority government. Powell was returned to the House of Commons in October 1974 as the Ulster Unionist Party MP for the Northern Ireland constituency of South Down. He represented the constituency until he was defeated at the 1987 general election. (Wikipedia)
Edward Henry Harold Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor (5 November 1905 – 8 May 1993), was an Anglo-Irish peer, journalist, war correspondent, and author. He worked under the name Edward Ward. (Wikipedia)
Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath also served for 51 years as a Member of Parliament from 1950 to 2001. Outside politics, Heath was a yachtsman, a musician, and an author. Born to a lady's maid and a carpenter, Heath was educated at a grammar school in Ramsgate, Kent (Chatham House Grammar School for boys) and became a leader within student politics while studying at the University of Oxford. He served as an officer in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He worked briefly in the Civil Service, but resigned in order to stand for Parliament, and was elected for Bexley at the 1950 election. He was promoted to become Chief Whip by Anthony Eden in 1955, and in 1959 was appointed to the Cabinet by Harold Macmillan as Minister of Labour. He later held the role of Lord Privy Seal and in 1963, was made President of the Board of Trade by Alec Douglas-Home. After the Conservatives were defeated at the 1964 election, Heath was elected as Leader of the Conservative Party in 1965, becoming Leader of the Opposition. Although he led the Conservatives to a landslide defeat at the 1966 election, he remained in the leadership, and at the 1970 election led his party to an unexpected victory. During his time as prime minister, Heath oversaw the decimalisation of British coinage in 1971, and in 1972 he led the reformation of local government, significantly reducing the number of local authorities and creating several new metropolitan counties, much of which remains to this day. Perhaps Heath's most prominent achievement came in 1973, when he led the United Kingdom into membership of the European Communities popularly known as entry to the Common Market (which would later become the European Union) as a member state. Heath had always been a strong supporter of British membership of the EC, and after winning the decisive vote in the House of Commons by 356 to 244 to join, he led the negotiations that culminated in the UK's entry into the EC on 1 January 1973. According to biographer John Campbell, Heath regarded this as his personal "finest hour".Heath's time as prime minister also coincided with the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, with his approval of internment without trial and subsequent suspension of the Stormont Parliament seeing the imposition of direct British rule. Unofficial talks with Provisional Irish Republican Army delegates were unsuccessful, as was the Sunningdale Agreement of 1973, which led the MPs of the Ulster Unionist Party to withdraw from the Conservative whip. Heath also tried to reform British trade unionism with the Industrial Relations Act, and hoped to deregulate the economy and make a transfer from direct to indirect taxation. However, a miners' strike at the start of 1974 severely damaged the Government, causing the implementation of the Three-Day Week to conserve energy. Attempting to resolve the situation, Heath called an election for February 1974, attempting to obtain a mandate to face down the miners' wage demands, but this instead resulted in a hung parliament, with the Conservatives losing their majority. Despite gaining fewer votes, the Labour Party won four more seats, and Heath resigned as Prime Minister on 4 March after talks with the Liberal Party to form a coalition government were unsuccessful. After losing a second successive election in October 1974, Heath insisted he would continue as leader, but in January 1975, Margaret Thatcher announced she would challenge Heath for the leadership, and on 4 February, she narrowly outpolled him in the first round. Heath chose to resign the leadership rather than contest the second round. Heath returned to the backbenches, where he would remain until 2001. In 1975, he played a major role in the referendum on British membership of the EC, campaigning for the eventually successful "Yes" vote to remain in the Community. Heath would later become an embittered critic of Thatcher during her time as prime minister, speaking and writing against the policies of Thatcherism. Following the 1992 election, he became Father of the House, until his retirement from the Commons in 2001. He died in 2005, aged 89. Heath is one of four British prime ministers never to have married. He has been described by the BBC as "the first working-class meritocrat" to become Conservative leader in "the party's modern history" and "a One Nation Tory in the Disraeli tradition who rejected the laissez-faire capitalism that Thatcher would enthusiastically endorse." (Wikipedia)
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal. Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a navigator during World War II and was wounded in an accident. Prior to the Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958. He subsequently reached the North Pole, making him the first person to reach both poles and summit Everest. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.Beginning in 1960, Hillary devoted himself to assisting the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, which he established. His efforts are credited with the construction of many schools and hospitals in Nepal. Hillary had numerous honours conferred upon him, including the Order of the Garter in 1995. Upon his death in 2008, he was given a state funeral in New Zealand. (Wikipedia)
Edmund Charles Blunden CBE MC (1 November 1896 – 20 January 1974) was an English poet, author, and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times. (Wikipedia)
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Dame Edith Mary Evans, DBE (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. Between 1964 and 1968, she was nominated for three Academy Awards.
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Sir Frank Fraser Darling FRSE (23 June 1903 – 22 October 1979) was an English ecologist, ornithologist, farmer, conservationist and author, who is strongly associated with the highlands and islands of Scotland. He gives his name to the Fraser Darling effect. (Wikipedia)
David Willey (born c. 1933) is a BBC reporter and journalist based in Rome. He has served as Vatican correspondent since 1971, under five Popes. (Wikipedia)
Malik, Adam, Foreign Minister of Indonesia
Volunteer Service Organisation volunteer who went to Sarawak
Douglas Geoffrey Bridson (21 August 1910 – 19 October 1980), commonly known as D. G. Bridson, was a radio producer and author who became the "cultural boss of the BBC". (Wikipedia)
Leader of the Liberal Party Assembly at Hastings
Edward Clement Davies (19 February 1884 – 23 March 1962) was a Welsh politician and leader of the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956. (Wikipedia)
Reginald William Winchester Wilmot (21 June 1911 – 10 January 1954) was an Australian war correspondent who reported for the BBC and the ABC during the Second World War. After the war he continued to work as a broadcast reporter, and wrote a well-appreciated book about the liberation of Europe. He was killed in the crash of a BOAC Comet (Yoke Peter) over the Mediterranean Sea. (Wikipedia)
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( də GOHL, də GAWL, French: [ʃaʁl də ɡol] ; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to restore democracy in France. In 1958 amid the Algerian War he came out of retirement when appointed Prime Minister by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position he held until his resignation in 1969. Born in Lille, he was a decorated officer of the First World War, wounded several times and taken prisoner by the Germans. During the interwar period, he advocated mobile armoured divisions. During the German invasion of May 1940, he led an armoured division which counterattacked the invaders; he was then appointed Undersecretary for War. Refusing to accept his government's armistice with Germany, De Gaulle fled to England and exhorted the French to continue the fight in his Appeal of 18 June. He led the Free French Forces and later headed the French National Liberation Committee and emerged as the undisputed leader of Free France. He became head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic in June 1944, the interim government of France following its liberation. As early as 1944, De Gaulle introduced a dirigiste economic policy, which included substantial state-directed control over a capitalist economy, which was followed by 30 years of unprecedented growth, known as the Trente Glorieuses. He resigned in 1946, but continued to be politically active as founder of the Rally of the French People. He retired in the early 1950s and wrote his War Memoirs, which quickly became a staple of modern French literature. When the Algerian War threatened to bring the unstable Fourth Republic to collapse, the National Assembly brought him back to power during the May 1958 crisis. He founded the Fifth Republic with a strong presidency; he was elected with 78% of the vote to continue in that role. He managed to keep France together while taking steps to end the war, much to the anger of the Pieds-Noirs (ethnic Europeans born in Algeria) and the armed forces. He granted independence to Algeria and acted progressively towards other French colonies. In the context of the Cold War, De Gaulle initiated his "politics of grandeur", asserting that France as a major power should not rely on other countries, such as the United States, for its national security and prosperity. To this end, he pursued a policy of "national independence" which led him to withdraw from NATO's integrated military command and to launch an independent nuclear strike force that made France the world's fourth nuclear power. He restored cordial Franco-German relations with Konrad Adenauer to create a European counterweight between the Anglo-American and Soviet spheres of influence through the signing of the Élysée Treaty on 22 January 1963. De Gaulle opposed any development of a supranational Europe, favouring Europe as a continent of sovereign nations. De Gaulle openly criticised the US intervention in Vietnam and the "exorbitant privilege" of the US dollar. In his later years, his support for the slogan "Vive le Québec libre" and his two vetoes of Britain's entry into the European Economic Community generated considerable controversy in both North America and Europe. Although reelected to the presidency in 1965, he faced widespread protests by students and workers in May 1968, but had the Army's support and won a snap election with an increased majority in the National Assembly. De Gaulle resigned in 1969 after losing a referendum in which he proposed more decentralisation. He died a year later at the age of 79, leaving his presidential memoirs unfinished. Many French political parties and leaders claim a Gaullist legacy; many streets and monuments in France and other parts of the world were dedicated to his memory after his death. (Wikipedia)
Edmund Comber (8 January 1886 – 1 March 1942),[2] known professionally as Bobbie Comber, was a British comedian, singer and actor.[3]
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House of Lords. He was also know as Lord Hailsham
Head of Seismological Institute, University of Athens
Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan PC (/əˈnaɪrɪn ˈbɛvən/; Welsh: [aˈnəɨ.rɪn]; 15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Health Service. (Wikipedia)
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Громыко; Belarusian: Андрэй Андрэевіч Грамыка; 18 July [O.S. 5 July] 1909 – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988). Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1988. In the 1940s Western pundits called him Mr Nyet ("Mr No") or "Grim Grom", because of his frequent use of the Soviet veto in the United Nations Security Council.Gromyko's political career started in 1939 in the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (renamed Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1946). He became the Soviet ambassador to the United States in 1943, leaving that position in 1946 to become the Soviet Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Upon his return to Moscow he became a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and later First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He went on to become the Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1952. As Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, Gromyko was directly involved in deliberations with the Americans during the Cuban Missile Crisis and helped broker a peace treaty ending the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War. Under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev, he played a central role in the establishment of détente with the United States by negotiating the ABM Treaty, the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the SALT I & II among others. When Brezhnev suffered a stroke in 1975 impairing his ability to govern, Gromyko effectively dictated policymaking alongside KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov, Defense Minister Andrei Grechko and Grechko's successor, Marshal Dmitry Ustinov. Even after Brezhnev's death, Gromyko's rigid conservatism and distrust of the West continued to dominate the Soviet Union's foreign policy until Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power in 1985. Following Gorbachev's election as General Secretary, Gromyko lost his office as foreign minister and was appointed to the largely ceremonial post of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Subsequently, he retired from political life in 1988, and died the following year in Moscow. (Wikipedia)
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel KT, PC (/ˈhjuːm/; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 until 1963, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964. He is notable for being the last prime minister to hold office while being a member of the House of Lords, before renouncing his peerage and taking up a seat in the House of Commons for the remainder of his premiership. His reputation, however, rests more on his two stints as Foreign Secretary than on his brief premiership. (Wikipedia)
Alan Burgess (1 February 1915 – 10 April 1998) was an English Royal Air Force pilot and author who wrote several biographical and non-fiction books between the 1950s and the 1970s. He wrote biographies of Gladys Aylward, and Flora Sandes, and co-wrote Ingrid Bergman's autobiography. Bergman played Gladys Aylward in the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness based on Burgess's biography. Having served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Burgess went on to write The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II's Great Escape, the story of "The Great Escape". (Wikipedia)
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (; February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 and was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 1952 and 1956, losing both elections to Dwight D. Eisenhower in a landslide. Stevenson was the grandson of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd vice president of the United States. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in many positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and was a member of the initial U.S. delegations to the UN. In 1948, he was elected governor of Illinois, defeating incumbent governor Dwight H. Green in an upset. As governor, Stevenson reformed the state police, cracked down on illegal gambling, improved the state highways, and attempted to cleanse the state government of corruption. Stevenson also sought, with mixed success, to reform the Illinois state constitution and introduced several crime bills in the state legislature. In the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections, he was chosen as the Democratic nominee for president, but was defeated in a landslide by Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower both times. In 1960, he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time at the Democratic National Convention. After President John F. Kennedy was elected, he appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Two major events Stevenson dealt with during his time as UN ambassador were the Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba in April 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. He was still serving as UN ambassador when he suffered a heart attack during a visit to London in July 14, 1965, later dying that day at the age of 65. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in his hometown of Bloomington, Illinois. (Wikipedia)
Adam Malik Batubara (22 July 1917 – 5 September 1984) was an Indonesian politician, diplomat, and journalist, who served as the third vice president of Indonesia from 1978 until 1983, under President Suharto. Previously, he served in a number of diplomatic and governmental positions, including Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly from 1977 to 1978, Speaker of the People's Representative Council from 1977 to 1978, Foreign Minister of Indonesia from 1966 until 1977, and president of the United Nations General Assembly from 1971 until 1972. Born in Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, on 22 July 1917. He grew up relatively comfortably, and was educated at the Hollandsch-Inlandsche School (HIS). He pioneered the establishment of the Antara news agency in 1937, and was an active supporter of Indonesian independence, being put in prison for disobeying the Colonial Government's ban on political assemblies. Towards independence on 17 August 1945, he was involved in the Rengasdengklok incident and the Proclamation of Independence. Following independence, he served in a number of government positions, including as a member of the People's Representative Council (DPR) and as the Minister for Trade. He continued to serve in government, following the fall of Sukarno. Being appointed Foreign Minister in 1966. In 1977, he was elected as Speaker of both the People's Representative Council (DPR) People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). In 1978, he was elected as the 3rd Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia replacing Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX who unexpectedly stated that he was not willing to be nominated again. As vice president, he criticized the government for its increasing feudalism-like structure and rampant corruption, referring it as an "epidemic." In 1983, Malik's term as Vice-President came to an end and he was replaced by Umar Wirahadikusumah. Adam Malik died on 5 September 1984, in Bandung, due to liver cancer. His body was interred in the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery. Later, his wife and children established the Adam Malik Museum. He was designated as a National Hero on 6 November 1998 based on Presidential Decree No. 107/TK/1998. (Wikipedia)
Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein (Jawi: عبد الرزاق بن حسين; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the second prime minister of Malaysia from 1970 until his death in 1976. He also served as the first deputy prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970. He is referred to as the Father of Development (Bapa Pembangunan). Abdul Razak was the figure responsible for setting up Barisan Nasional (BN), which is the ruling coalition of political parties that held power in Malaysia. Abdul Razak is also renowned for launching the Malaysian New Economic Policy (MNEP). His eldest son, Najib Razak, became the sixth prime minister in 2009; Najib is the first prime minister of Malaysia to be a descendant of a former prime minister. (Wikipedia)
Abdul Haris Nasution (Old Spelling: Abdoel Haris Nasution; 3 December 1918 – 6 September 2000) was a high-ranking Indonesian general and politician. He served in the military during the Indonesian National Revolution and he remained in the military during the subsequent turmoil of the Parliamentary democracy and Guided Democracy. Following the fall of President Sukarno from power, he became the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly under President Suharto. Born into a Batak Muslim family, in the village of Hutapungkut, Dutch East Indies, he studied teaching and enrolled at a military academy in Bandung. He became a member of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, but following the Japanese invasion, he joined the Defenders of the Homeland. Following the proclamation of independence, he enlisted in the fledgling Indonesian armed forces and fought during the Indonesian National Revolution. In 1946, he was appointed commander of the Siliwangi Division, the guerrilla unit operating in West Java. After the end of the national revolution, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the army, until he was suspended for his involvement in the 17 October affair. He was reappointed to the position in 1955. In 1965, an attempted coup occurred, later officially blamed on the Communist Party of Indonesia. Nasution's house was attacked, and his daughter was killed, but he managed to escape by scaling a wall and hiding in the Iraqi ambassador's residence. In the following political turmoil, he assisted in the rise of President Suharto and was appointed Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly. He had a falling out with Suharto, who saw him as a rival, and he was pushed out of power in 1971. Once he was removed from positions of power, Nasution developed into a political opponent of Suharto's New Order Regime, though he and Suharto began to reconcile in the 1990s. He died on 6 September 2000 in Jakarta, after suffering a stroke and going into a coma. His body was interred at Kalibata Heroes Cemetery. (Wikipedia)
Viet Nam : Musiques des Montagnards, 1969-1997 (CD)
Published records of Music from mountain people, Viet Nam, 1969-1997
Viet Nam,"Musiques des montagnards", Condominas et al., 1997
Village near Maumere
Ethnomusicologist and archivist, Musée de l'Homme (1968-2010). He recorded music in Viet Nam.
Travel Narrative (Spelled Out in the Laotian Way)
Récit de voyage (épelé à la manière Laotienne)
Laos: unpublished sound recording collected during the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900 by Doctor Léon Azoulay (French linguist) of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP).
Recorded in Paris. Place of origin (of the recorded person): Pac-Nam-Hin-Boun
Recording in Exhibition
South East Asia recordings, Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900
Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900, archived at Musée de l’Homme by Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP). Wax cylinder n°203
Papua New Guinea : Asmat population, Villeminot, 1960
Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée : Asmat (population), Villeminot, 1960
Jacques Villeminot en train d’enregistrer un chant aborigène pitjantjatjara dans le désert australien (Photo Betty Villeminot)
Field sound recordings collected by Jacques Villeminot (ethnologist and French filmmaker) in 1960 in Papua - New Guinea during an expedition in the Highlands of New Guinea with the Asmat Papuans: songs, vocal and instrumental pieces and spoken voice.
Popular stage, Telefolmin. Drums, rhythmic shouts, singing and drums, pig cries, incantations, spoken words.
Voices - singing : alternating male and female
Mass situations with singing, drums and shouts.
Scene composed of drums, incantations and rhythmic cries - 1.
Scene composed of drums, incantations and rhythmic cries - 2.
Scene composed of drums, incantations and rhythmic cries - 3.
Scene composed of drums, incantations and rhythmic cries - 4.
Scene composed of drums, incantations and rhythmic cries - 5.
Scene composed of drums, incantations and rhythmic cries - 6.
Scene composed of drums, incantations and rhythmic cries - 7.
Papua New Guinea : 1952-1960
Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée : 1952-1960
Field recordings collected in Papua New Guinea by French collectors (Wirz, Girard, Huon de Navrancourt), 1952-1960
Men's Chorus singing accompanied by a drum
Male Chorus singing accompanied by a drum
Mixed Chorus singing accompanied by a drum
Viet Nam (Central) : Highland, A. de Hauteclocque, 1961
Viet Nam (Centre) : Hauts plateaux, A. de Hauteclocque, 1961
Viet Nam, Music from Edê (Rhade), Highland, recorded by A. de Hauteclocque in 1961.
Viet Nam, Musiques des Edê (Rhade) sur les Hauts plateaux du Centre, 1961.
Playing gongs for the redemption of the soul of a sick person
Prayer chanted during the sacrifice of a chicken
Scansion of the epic legend of Kdam Wit-1-
Scansion of the epic legend of Kdam Wit-2-
Recitation of the prayer "Klei Ieu Yang Tuh Ea"
Recitation of the prayer "Klei Ieu Yang Tuh Ea" (continued)
Exchange of sung poetry "Klei Ekei Mnie"
Exchange of sung poetry "Klei Ekei Mnie" (continued)
Sung poetry "Klei Blur" with instrumental interludes
Curses recited against the husband of the woman to be seduced
Supplications in rhythmic verse of a sick person desiring a visit from his family
Sung historical account of the arrival of the French in the province of Darlac
Poem chanted around the proverb "Do not forget the word of your elder brother"
Sung story about the life of Kdam Wit (continued)
Epic Sung Legend: The Story of Y-King Ju and H'bia Yao
Epic Sung Legend: The Story of Y-King Ju and H'bia Yao (continued)
Epic Sung Legend: The Story of Kdam Wit (continued)
Sung story of the life of the Ede since the arrival of the French
Sung story of the life of the Ede since the arrival of the French (continued)
Thailand : Shan population, G. Condominas, 1958
Thaïlande : Shan (population), G. Condominas, 1958
Field recordings collected in Thailand in 1958 by G. Condominas during a research expedition.
Explanations of Chan marriage followed by songs
Invocation to the spirit of rice when threshing rice
Song of the old man traveling in the forest
Invocation to the spirits and ancestors of the semum to come Tonpra'
Chanson du nord: the art of fragrant words
Bài phát biểu của Jean de Lattre de Tassigny về Đông Dương
Speech by Jean de Lattre de Tassigny about Indochina war (Viet Nam)
Discours de Jean de Lattre de Tassigny à propos de l'Indochine
Speech on Radio program
Pyral alu - Les programmes de France, Paris, Matrix n°Py229
War
Collected and digitized by H. Chamoux in 2019
Siamese song
เขมรเอวบาง หม้อนล็มจน บางกอก - Khemr xew bāng -
Siamese music, Gramophone disc
Siamese band
Siamese orchestra
Collected and digitized by H. Chamoux in 2011
Record published on 17 cm, 79,2 RPM (acoustic recording)
Miss Honeyball to Mr. C.Conner - Sender Forwards Letter Received From Batavia
Sender hopes that receiver will attend the meeting to be held in the Ministry of Information in Singapore on the 19th of February to discuss information contained in the telegram they have received from Batavaia.
Mr. Reid (Ministry of Information Batavia) to Mr. Macgregor - Letter From Batavia
Letter Containing Action Plan for the News and Monitor unit Malayasia Broadcasting Corporation operating in Batavia.
Mr. Reid (Ministry of Information Batavia),J.C.S. Macgregor
Mr. J.B. Clark to Mr. Eric Davis - Sender Replies To Receivers Letter
Sender acknowledges receivers thoughts on his short stay in England and that athough it was not as positively as the receiver expected it to be, it has still establsihed a more complete basis of mutual understanding that will help with their future operations.
Mr. C Conner to A.C./ D.E.P - Malay Broadcasting Corporation
Sender corrects titles such as "British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation" or "The Malayan Broadcasting Corporation" to "The Malaya Broadcasting Corporation".
Mr. Eric Davis to J.B. Clark - Letter About The Senders Stay In England
Sender writes to receiver that his short stay in England was not as he hopefuly expected and he must return to more important work.
Mr. Eric Davis to Director General - Cooperation With Singapore
Sender gives receiver number of general principles for efficient work if they were to establish a world network of British Broadcasting Stations.
A.F.N. Thavenot to Mr. Eric Davis - Letter Containing Points To Be Reviewed For The Cooperation With Sinagapore Broadcasting Services
Sender asked receiver to review following points to be discussed on the 10th of December during the Eastern Service Committee meeting as receiver may not be able to attend.
A.F.N Thavenot to Eric Davis - Cooperation With Singapore
Thavenot informs receiver of his request from Mr. Davis for points to be brought up on a meeting to be held. As well as informing the receiver of his request to the foreign office for a representative.
A.F.N. Thavenot to Mr. Broad - Letter To Inform Mr. Broad About The Meeting Of The Eastern Service Committee On The 10Th Of December At 2:30 Pm
Sender informs receiver that the meeting happening on the 10th of December will be about the cooperation with the Singapore Broadcasting Services in order to reach Japan and elsewhere in the Pacific and China.
L.F Rushbrook Williams to Eric Davis - Cooperation With Singapore
Williams requests possible comments or points the sender would like to make in a meeting which will be held on their cooperation with Singapore.
W.R. Reid to Mr. Clark - Letter From Mr. W.R. Reid To Mr. Clark
Sender writes to receiver that the note given to Mr. Davis on the 19th of August 1941 has been acknowledged.
A.F.N Thavenot to - Long-Wave From Singapore To Japan
Thavenot informs receiver that there are no current plans for long wave transmission from Singapore to Japan.
Mr. G.C. Lathem to Mr. W.B. Monson/ Mr. C. Conner/ Mr. de la Valette - Correspondence On The Memorandum Of Draft Constitution
Sender forwards a copy of the telegraph Mr. Scott sent and writes to asks for their views about it.
Mr. G.C. Lathem,Mr. W.B. Monson/ Mr. C. Conner/ Mr. de la Valette,Cyril Conner
Mr. Scott to Ministry of Information - Issues And Solutions With The Ministry Of Information'S Broadcasting Policies
Writer highlights issues and dissatisfaction with the current state of broadcasting in British Malay. He lists changes which should be discussed and put into place in regards to the high power transmitters recently built and the new issues that have arisen from them. As well as the issues with the Ministry of Information's broadcasting policy.
E.C.Robbins to J.C.S. Macgregor - Corresponence On The Memorandum Of Draft Constitution
E.C. Robbins mentions to J.C.S. Macgregor provisions such as Clauses 31 and 33 be given a thought for their own constitution;and there are following points on the Draft Constitution for the Malaya Broadcasting Corporation to be considered. Clauses 3, 10(1), and Clause 26(11).
Miss Honeyball to E.C. Robbins - Correspondence On The Memorandum Of Draft Constitution
Miss Honeyball writes to return the memorandum which was lent to her by a Mr. Latham.
E.C.Robbins to J.C.S. Macgregor - Correspondence On The Memorandum Of Draft Constitution
E.C. Robbins informs Macrgegor that he has not read the Draft Constitution.
J.C.S. Macgregor to E.C. Robbins - Correspondence On The Memorandum On Draft Constitution
Macgregor requests for E.C Robbins to read the draft constitution and give his thoughts.
to - Malaya Broadcasting Corporation (Memorandum On Draft Constitution)
Document outlining the transfer of control within the Malaya Broadcasting Corporation mentions in the incorporations by charter rather than an enactment of the governor and colonial legislature: gives reasons why within British Law
C.Conner to E. Davis - Reply To Scripts And Correspondence On The Effects Of The Invasion Of Holland On Their Work
The sender thanks Davis for previously sent scripts. He also speaks abouts the effects of the invasion of Holland on their plans moving forward.
Ms Gibb to L.W. Hayes - Notice Of Transfer Of Control For All The Engineering Work Connected With Broadcasting In Malaysia
Malaya Broadcasting Corporation now assumes all responsibility and that the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs will no longer exercise control.
J.C.S. Macgregor to L.W. Hayes - Correspondence On The High Power Transmitter In Singapore
Macgregor speaks on the changes made to the scheduling for the building of a high powered transmitter in Singapore. He suggests setting a meeting with a Sir John Pratt to clear up possible issues.
E. Jago to - Forwarding Of Memorandum From The Posts And Telegraph Department
Sender attatches the memorandum made by the Posts and Telegraph Department in light of the war.
to - Broadcasting Developments In Malaya June-December 1939
Writer outlines the progress in the licensing of wireless receiving stations. He gives information on how the war has affected their production.
to Agent for Malaya - Record Of The Report Accepted
Receiver thanks the Agent for Malaya's report and acknowledges it's arrival.
Agent for Malaya to - Updates On The Distribution Of Wireless Receiving Station Licenses In Malaya
The sender outlines the increase of wireless receiving station licenses in various locations across Malaya. He also provides information on increases in the power of their short wave transmitters.
J.C.S Macgregor to - Forwarding Of Documents
Macgregor forwards notes fram the Agent for Malaya
J.C.S Macgregor to - Reply Thanking Sender For New Information
Macgregor thanks the sender for his notes on broadcasting development.
L.W. Hayes to J.V. Roberts - Response To Roberts' Letter
Letter to confirm agreements with J.V. Roberts' proposed changes to their Letter to Malaya
L.W. Hayes to - Alterations To Proposal For Broadcasting In Malaysia
Sender proposes a few alterations which can be made to the proposal in order to include more specific information. Such as the specific names and titles of those involved. Also requests clarification on certain aspects of the document.
J.V. Roberts to L.W. Hayes - Attatches Copy Of Letter Sent To Mr. Kennedy
Roberts attatches the letter previously sent to Mr. Kennedy seeking approval from Hayes.
J.V. Roberts to Mr. Kennedy - Response To A Metteing Held On The 7Th Of September
The sender clarifies and corrects a few errors made in a previous letter with regards to the radio frequncies chosen by the Broadcasting Sub-comittee. He also agrees with the alterations which were proposed in said meeting.
to Director General of Posts and Telegraphs Malaya - Correspondence On Radio Frequencies Available In Malaysia
Sender informs the recipient of the radio frequencies which are available. He informs them of the need to avoid certain frequencies which are currently in use in Madrid.
Director General of Posts and Telegraphs Malaya
L.W Hayes to A.J. Gill - Response To A.J. Gills Previous Letter
L.W.H thanks A.J Gill for his previous attatchment of his response to V.H Winstons letter.
A.J. Gill to L.W. Hayes - Draft Re-attaching Missing Documents
Sender re attatches a reply of his to V.H Winston's letter.
to V.H. Winston - Correspondence On Proposal Of Schedule And Frequncies For The Radio Transmitter In Singapore
Outlines a few issues with V.H. Winston's proposals. Offer solutions to how to best transmit to the Philippines and what had been done in similar situations.
Sir Shelton Thomas to Mr. Clark - Correspondence On The Situation In South Africa And How It Affects The Current Plans For Transmission Towers
Sender admits uncertainty on the situation in South Africa and wishes to wait for more data to be collected so that they may continue their plans.
to Sir Shelton Thomas - Updates On The Situation Regarding The Building Of Radio Transmission Towers In Malaysia And The Union Of South Africa
Attatches a document on the contination of bradcasting operations in Malaysia and the Union of South Africa
to A.J. Gill - Correspondence On The Placements Of The Radio Transmitters In Other Countries
Sender asks for more information with regards to the previous letter. Specifically trying to reach an agreement with the placements of the radio transmitters.
Sir George Lee to Hayes - Correspondence On The Placements Of The Radio Transmitters In Other Countries
Sender gives proposes which countries should have radio transmitters placed in them suggesting that they should be placed in countries with which they already have connections. Rather than ones with which they would need to foster new realtionships.
Sender highlights some issues with V.H. Winston's proposal and offers possible solutions. Specifically with regards to specific frequencies available for transmission.
Sender highlights some issues with V.H. Winston's proposal and offers possible solutions.
V.H. Winston to Hayes - Proposal Of Schedule And Frequncies For The Radio Transmitter In Singapore
Proposal of frequencies and schedule at which the transmitters will operate in Singapore. Done in order to reduce interference.
Hayes to P.H.F George - Correspondence On 1 K.W. Test Transmitter
Letter responding to Mr. George's request for a 1 K.W. test transmitter explaining one is not available. Sender instead attatches other papers which the receiver may find useful
P.H.F George to Hayes - Request For A 1 K.W. Test Transmitter
Letter from unknown sender requesting an 1 K.W transmitter in order to complete field strength tests.
Noel Ashbridge to V.H. Winston - Correspondence On V.H Winston'S Broadcasting Proposal
Response to V.H. Winston's letter regarding soil samples thaking him for his efforts.
V.H. Winston to Noel Ashbridge - Correspondence On V.H Winston'S Broadcasting Proposal
Letter from V.H. Winston assuring Sir Noel on testing taing place and the soil stength samples being collected.
PP/JBC to E.B Bowyer - Correspondence On V.H Winston'S Broadcasting Proposal
Letter attaching comments of the sender on the broadcasting proposal made V.H. Winston. contains context on who and why these comments are relevant.
JBC/EWW to - Correspondence On V.H Winston'S Broadcasting Proposal
Letter attaching comments of the sender on the broadcasting proposal made by V.H. Winston.
Memorandum To The Outline Scheme For Broadcasting Service
Memorandum suggesting that the towers to be built not be under control of the provinces in which they are built but rather a centralised sub-comittee with representatives.
V.H. Winston to - Outline Of Scheme For Broadcasting Service Throughout The S.S And F.N.S
Outlines the plans for building linked broadcasting towers in locations P. Wellesley,Batu Gajah,Kuala Lampour and the Malacca settlement. Outlines possible difficulties and funding plans.
Noel Ashbridge to - On A Telephone Convesation With Mr. Butcher Of Hong Kong
Refers to a conversation between the sender and Mr. Butcher in which they attempt to meet with the P.M.G. of Malaya
Noel Ashbridge to V.H. Winston - Continuation Of Correspondence On Field Measurements
Correspondence on field strength measurements. Informs V.H. Winston that they will continue their work without them.
V.H. Winston to Noel Ashbridge - Reply To Request For Field Measurements Made By N. Ashbridge
V.H. Winston responds to Sir Noel on the time it will take to produce the field strength measurements which he requested.
Noel Ashridge (LWH/GMM) to V.H. Winston - On Field Measurements In Malaysia
Sender requests field measurements from a V.H Winston. This is done to an estimate of 'Service areas'
Noel Ashbridge (LWH/GMM) to - Record Of Telephone Conversation On Broadcasting In Malaya
Sender recounts a conversation with a Mr. Butcher where they discussed the Postmaster General's (a Mr. savage) intention to set up a meeting between them.
to - Malaya'S Reply To Colonial Comittee'S Questionaire
Sender attatches copy of Colonial Report questionnaire. Given to the sender by a Mr. Winston.
Noel Ashbridge (LWH/GMM) to - On A Meeting To Discuss Brocasting In Malaya
Sender writes receiver, attaching documents containing Mr. Winston's suggestions on broadcasting in Malaya. Done preceding a meeting which the reciever and Macgregor(named in letter) have with Mr. Winston. Letter has two policies signed by two different people initals LWH and GMM
British Military Administration to - Message From The British Military Administration To The People Of Malaya
The British Military Administration announces that civilians who voluntarily helped the Japanese forces are to be punished. The text is written both in English and Malay.
John Pitch to John Morris - Memo On The Political Warefare On Malaya
The memo states that they have attached messages from the British Military Administration that are to be released on the end of July.
C. Lawson-Reece to H.O.E.I.D. - Bbc Malay Service Rebroadcasts From New Dehli
The memo discusses the period offered for the Malay rebroadcasts were not satisfactory, and offered to use short distance transmitters from New Dehli to Malaya instead.
C. Lawson-Reece to Director,New Dehli Office - Telegram On The Malay Rebroadcasts
The telegram discusses issues with the cables and scheduling of the Malay rebroadcasts, and suggest they are delayed for four months until new transmitters are available.
C. Lawson-Reece to - Memo On The Discussion Between Lawson-Reece And Major The Viscount Gage
Memo on the Malay rebroadcasts, Liasion Machinery, and Cable Reaction Reports
Major the Viscount Gage to C. Lawson-Reece - Letter As A Response To The Letter Sent On 17Th May 1945
Lawson-Reece responds to the rewording of paragraph ii, agreeing to rephrasing. The rescheduling of the BBC Malaya rebroadcasts are also discussed.
C.E. Sayers to Far Eastern Section PID Foreign Office - Letter On The Bbc Malay Transmissions
The Letter discusses the transmission of Malayan language in Malay, and the change of scheduling for the broadcasts.
C.E. Sayers,Far Eastern Section PID Foreign Office
C. Lawson-Reece to Major the Viscount Gage - Letter Responding To The Letter Sent On May 15Th 1945
Sir Guy Williams suggests to reword the paragraph two in the letter to cover the point.
Sir Guy Williams to C. Lawson-Reece - Letter On The Confirmation On The Meeting Held On The 14Th Of May 1945
The letter discusses the rebroadcasts from the Malaya services,machinery for the coordination of schedules and exchange of information, and the monitoring of reports from the Far East Broadcasts.
C.A.L. Cliffe to C. Lawson-Reece - Memo For The Latest Schedule For The Far Eastern Broadcast Expansion
C. Lawson-Reece to Director, New Dehli Office -
C. Lawson-Reece,Director, New Dehli Office
Julian to C. Lawson-Reece - Telegram On A Suggestion For The News For Malaya
C. Lawson-Reece suggested that the opening announcement be embodied in the news readers script for convenience.
OPD to G.H Tonkin - Telegram On The Suggested Opening And Closing Announcements For The Added Broadcast
G.H Tonkin suggested the opening and closing script and stated that he is of the opinion that the Malay audience do not like hearing a womans voice, and that the script should be read by the news-reader.
C.A.L. Cliffe to W.M. Goatman - Memo On The Schedule For The Eastern Service Broadcast Expansion
Schedule for the added daily broadcast called the Purple Network, going from 1130 to 1145 GMT
OPD to Peter Watson - Telgram On The News For Malaya
The telegram states that the broadcast 1130 GMT slot started 45" late, and that Mr. Smith could not be found, resulting in the broadcasting of the entire bulleting out of time and without policy approval.
A.C. Smith to C. Lawson-Reece - Telegram On The Eastern Service Expansion
The telegram lists down the new frequencies addes, referencing the Memo from May 12, 1944 regarding the expansion of the breadcast hours
A.C. Smith to C. Lawson-Reece - Letter On The Daily Malaya Broadcast And The Expansion Of Easter Services
The letter lists down the new daily schedule of for the Malayan Broadcasts, dividing the week between English and Malay broadcasts. They are also to add an 11:30 GMT broadcast period.
Eastern Service Director to Sir Guy Williams - Telegram On Switch Censors
Sir Guy William states that with reference to Mr. A.C. Smiths note on censor of Malay Service, he has authority to suggest that it is unnecessary to emplou a Switch Censor.
Eastern Service Director,Sir Guy Williams
A.C. Smith to C. Lawson-Reece - Letter On Malay Translators And Staffers
The letter stated that the Ministry is looking for one or two Malay staff to work in England. Redman also suggested a comprehensive vetting process in finding a candidate.
to C. Lawson-Reece - Letter From Lawson-Reece On The Malays Alleged To Be In The Country
Sender states that they have recieved a list of Malays alleged to be in the country, and suggests to go over the list with someone within the department.
L.F. Rushbook Williams to A.C. Smith - Staff Proposal For Instituting A Daily Malay Service
The letter discusses the schedule for service, staff content, and news implications.
A.C. Smith to E.B.D - Schedule For Translated Broadcast For The Translation Staff
The memo states the schedule for the translation staff who are to work two mornings a week, and will be put on special rates as they will be considered as part time employees.
L.F. Rushbook Williams to J.B. Clark - Telegram From L.F. Rushbook Williams On The Suspension Of The Broadcasting Scripts.
L.F. Rushbook Williams apologizes for suspending the dispatch of transcripts to Mr. Baker and says that decisions of that nature will not be made without consultation in the future.
L.F. Rushbook Williams,J.B. Clark,Mr. Baker
J.B. Clark to L.F. Rushbook Williams - Telegram From J.B. Clark On The Broadcasting Scripts Circulated.
J.B.Clark informs L.F. Rushbook that the suspension of the dispatch of scripts were not intelligent as Mr. Bakers group just had not had to respond. He also hopes that the supply will resume.
J.B. Clark,L.F. Rushbook Williams,Mr. Baker
L.F. Rushbook Williams to J.B. Clark - Telegram From L.F. Rushbook Williams On The Broadcasting Scripts Circulated.
L.F. Williams stated that they have sent two scripts per week since the approval that Mr. Baker can have a copy of them, but they have since suspended the dispatch of the scripts due to the lack of response from Mr. Bakers group.
J.B. Clark to - Telegram From J.B Clark On The Circulation Of Broadcast Scripts.
J.B Clark inquires regarding the situation on P.I.D. request. He also states that the Far East Division has also shown interest in the Burmese scripts.
C. Lawson-Reece to John Morris - Telegram From Eastern Services Organizer On The Circulation Of Broadcast Scripts.
C. Lawson-Reece confirms that prior ruling on the circulation of scrips have been relaxed for Mr. Bakers request. He suggested that Mr. Winsteadt choose which scipts to give, and to limit them to three per week.
John Morris to C. Lawson-Reece - Telegram From Eastern Services Organizer On The Circulation Of Broadcast Scripts.
It states that a Mr. Baker was requesting the broadcasting script of Mr.Winsteadt as he is an admirer of his work. The sender then asks if relaxing the rule of circulating manuscripts to private consumers might lead to more requests of the same nature.
Empire Service, Green Network to - Handwritten Note From Empire Service, Green Network
The list of schedule for the day-by-day transmisson in the daily service in Indonesia.
Malayan Broadcasting Corporation to - Handwritten Note From Malayan Broadcasting Corporation
States that the Penang Broadcasting Station has been inaugurated on July 3, 1942.
Development of Far Eastern Services to - Meeting Notes Extract From Development Of Far Eastern Services
It was discussed that the M.O.I. representatives confirmed chief guiding offices for Burmese and Malaya broadcasts.
BBC Eastern Services to - Meeting Notes Extract From Development Of Bbc Eastern Services
It was suggested they increase activity in Far East, including increasing staff and extending coverage.
It was discussed that they do not have adequate number of staff to introduce news bulletins to the Malaya, and it was suggested that they carry new commentaries of newsletters instead.
University of the Air to - Unversity Of The Air Radio Script
Programme 12 radio script for January 6, 1954. Contains The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 11 radio script for December 30, 1953. Contains Modern Poetry by C. Day Lewis, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 10 radio script for December 23, 1953. Contains Samuel Butler, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 9 radio script for December 16, 1953. Contains The Golden Ass, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 8 radio script for December 9, 1953. ContainsThe Women of Troy by Euripides, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 7 radio script for December 2, 1953. Contains Modern Poetry C. Day Lewis, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 6 radio script for November 25, 1953. Contains Power of the State, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 5 radio script for November 18, 1953. Contains Portrait of Delius, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 3 radio script for November 4, 1953. Contains Power and the State , going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 2 radio script for October 2, 1953. Contains The Sweetest Wine Makes the Sharpest Vinegar, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
Programme 1 radio script for October 21, 1953. Contains The Reith's Lecture and Plato's idea of the state, going from 10pm to 11:30pm
University of the Air to - Unversity Of The Air Programme
List of programmes for University of the Air from October 21, 1953 to January 6, 1954
Holgath to H.E. Milliken - Letter From Holgath To H.E. Milliken Regarding Their Correspondence From July 23, 1937
Holgath thanks H.E. Milliken for the scripts and acknowledges that they are copyright.
Holgath to W.R. Reid - Letter From Holgath To Reid As A Response To Their Correspondence From June And July.
Holgath states that he has aquired the script from H.E. Milliken and that their committee has completed the preliminary analysis of the local problem.
H.E. Milliken to Holgath - Letter To Holgath Regarding The Records Of School Talks
The letter states that the sender has enclosed the scriped used for the broadcast programmes for schools. It is also stated that the scripts are private information only.
W.R. Reid to Holgath - Letter From W.R.R. Reid To Holgath Respondng To Holgaths Inquiry From June 23, 1937
W.R.Reid responds with the list of apparatus that Holgath may use for the schools in Malaya. He also states that it is not possible to purchase records of school talks but he may be able to load it.
A.D.E.S. to W.R. Reid - Letter From A.D.E.S. To W.R. Reid Regardng Holgath'S Request For Apparatus
A.D.E.S states that Mr. Alway has no list or specific short-wave apparatus that can be used for demonstration at schools but states that they are free to use an all-wave reciever, to be demonstrated by the manufacturer.
W.R. Reid to Alway - Memo From W.R. Reid About Letter From Holgath
W.R. Reid writes to Alway on his observations on the letter recieved from Holgath
Holgath to W.R. Reid - Letter From Holgath Asking For Assistance In Securing Information For The Department Committee.
Holgath inquires about the most suitable recieving set for the use of schools in Malaya, and records for broadcasting lessons for students.
Malayan Information Agency to British Broadcasting Corporations - Memo On Broadcasting Developments In Malaya
The Malayan Information Agency notes the number on licenses throughout the Straits Settlement. It also notes the experimental short wave done one June 19, 1938.
M.A. Frost to E. Jago - Letter From M.A Frost To E. Jago
M.A. Frost notes E. Jago's letter from October 12 1935
E. Jago to M.A. Frost - Letter From E. Jago To M.A. Frost
E. Jago notes that prior to 1930, there were no fifures on Straits Settlements, then attaches the numbers of licences in Malaya
British Broadcasting Corporations Empire Programme Director to E. Jago - Letter From British Broadcasting Corporations Empire Programme Directorto E. Jago
the British Broadcasting Corporations Empire Programme Director expresses that they will contact E.Jago when needed regarding advice on matters in Malaya
British Broadcasting Corporations Empire Programme Director to E. Jago Deputy Director - Letter From British Broadcasting Corporations Empire Programme Directorto E. Jago
C. Lawson-Reece to John Martin - On Key Bbc Employees
A list of names written by C Lawson-Reece for John Martin of important people at the BBC with whom he should get in touch.
C. Lawson-Reece to H.S.A.(and others) - On John Martin, Malaya Planning Unit
C. Lawson-Reece writes to inform everyone of John Martin's plans to take over programming.
Cyril Conner to Norman Collins - On Transmitters, Programming Language
Cyril Conner writes to Norman Collins on supplying transcriptions for the entertainment of the Allied Forces.
Norman Collins to J.M.L Grover - On Transmitters, Programming Language
Norman Collins writes to JML Grover on possible locations and planning for new shortwave and mediumwave transmitters. He also states, on programming language, that temporarily they should cater their entertainment programming to domestic armed forces, therefore in English.
Letter from the War Office - on Civil Affairs Broadcasting and Transmitting Stations
Norman Collins notes some issues arising with the erection of Transmitting Stations. He also calls for an investigation into the issue.
Hughes to Secretary of State for India - Cypher Telegram - On Singapore Radio Broadcasts
Hughes writes to inform the office of India's Secretary of State that broadcasts will start from Singapore.
G. Ivan Smith to Pacific Service Director - On Pacific Service Scheduling
G Ivan Smith recommends the recipient (Pacific Service Director), go over the Pacific Service Schedule with John Martin, along with other background information Martin might need for his new position in Malaya.
Interview Transcript - on John Martin, Malayan Broadcasting
Norman Collins notes down some conclusions arrived at during his discussion with Captain John Martin. Topics discussed include broadcasting to forces, Army Welfare Services, Radio SEAC 100 k/w, transcriptions, and shortwave stations.
Fearnley to W.M. Goatman - On Radio Frequencies
V. Stocken to OEID (Mr. Underdown) - On Recording Radio Singapore
V Stocken notes that Singpore radio will be sent to and recorded by Broadcasting House on Friday, 7th of December.
W.M. Goatman to H.C. Fenton - On Singapore Radio'S Requests
WM Goatman notes the actions that have been taken in response to Singapore Radio's requests: 1.On time signals 2. On sending program information by airletter 3. on John Martin's information 4/5. On notifications.
Irene M. Elford to H.C. Fenton - On Frequency Changes
Irene Elford copies HC Fenton's telegraph to WM Goatman informing him that the frequency changes in his area will cease.
W.M. Goatman to H.C. Fenton - On Arrival Of John Martin In Singapore
WM Goatman notes John Martin's arrival in Singapore.
W.M. Goatman to Irene M. Elford - Despatch Of Cable On Schedule Changes
Copy of HC Fenton's telegraph on schedule changes.
H.C. Fenton to W.M. Goatman - On Schedule Changes
HC Fenton writes to WM Goatman informing him of schedule changes on October 15.
M.A. Quicke to H.C. Fenton - On Frequency Changes
M.A. Quicke copies HC Fenton's telegraph to WM Goatman informing him that the frequency changes in his area will cease.
H.C. Fenton to W.M. Goatman - On Frequency Changes
HC Fenton writes to WM Goatman informing him that the frequency changes in his area will cease.
W.M. Goatman to D.O.P.S, G.O.S.D, D.M.S, A.D.P - On John Martin'S Job Title
W.M. Goatman writes to several BBC employees, informing them of John Martin's title change in the Printing and Publicity Department.
John Martin to W.M. Goatman - On Program Services, Etc
John Martin writes to WM Goatman, making the following requests: 1. Program Information Service & Publicity 2. Programs Rebroadcast 3. Scripts 4. London Transcription Recordings
Letter To John Martin On Scripts And Publicity Services (Incomplete)
The writer responds to several requests made by John Martin, including inquiries about Publicity Services and requests for scripts of past programming. Letter is incomplete due to missing pages.
Radio Malaya News (Volume 1, Dated May 13-26 1946)
A copy of Radio Malaya News Volume 1, a newsletter about broadcasting and other affairs pertaining to Radio Malaya.
C.F.G. Max-Muller to H.C. Fenton - On "Radio Malaya News" Volume 1
CFG Max-Muller writes to John Dumeresque and others informing them that he has receieved Radio Malaya News Volume 1, he also suggests that others read the document and sends it along with the telegraph.
J.B. Clark to John Dumeresque - On "Radio Malaya News" Volume 1 And Personal Matters
JB Clark writes to thank Dumeresque and commend him on the production of Radio Malaya News Volume 1. He also notes a few personal matters.
Irene M. Elford to John Dumeresque - On "Radio Malaya News" Volume 1
Irene Elford writes to thank John Dumeresque for sending her a copy of Radio Malaya News
British Broadcasting Corporations Empire Programme Director
Jopu, Wolowaru, Ende, Flores Tengah, Nusa Tenggara Timur
Re'e Kumi babo (Kumi, the evil grandfather)
Broadcasting to Malaya A – Z (from Misc A-Z files) E1 1063 BBC to Malaya 1944-54
Terrence Cooper to BBC Far Eastern Service - on a proposed two way exchange broadcast
The letter proposes that the broadcast will have a predetermined topic of discussion, with a suggested focus on "Law and the Citizen". Specific topics include Habeas Corpus, "the Rights of the Individual Against the State", and "Presumption of Innocence"
A proposal by Terrence Cooper to Peter Albany of the BBC Far Eastern Service suggesting a "two way exchange" broadcast between the BBC radio studio in London and a radio Malaya studio
Brian Denney of BBC Far Eastern Services to Terrence Cooper of London Calling Asia - on broadcast location
Brian Denney, responding to Terrence Cooper on behalf of Peter Albany (to whom Terrence Cooper's original proposal was addressed), asks for clarification about whether his proposed two way exchange broadcast will be between Kuala Lumpur and London or London and Singapore.
Brian Denney of the BBC Far Eastern Service responds to a proposal made on July 4, 1958 by Terrence Cooper of London Calling Asia
A despatch of cable for Terrence Cooper of London Calling Asia, BBC London
Terrence Cooper to BBC Far Eastern Service - on a proposed two way exchange broadcast (Item Designation BBC_301)
Brian Denney of BBC Far Eastern Services to Terrence Cooper of London Calling Asia - on Proposed Speaker
Brian Denney recounts an exchange he had with Bert Read, Radio director of Radio Malaya to Terrence Cooper of BBC London. Bert Read suggests that one of the new Malay Justices could serve as a potential speaker for their broadcast. No name is given as of yet.
Brian Denney proposes a potential speaker for the London Calling Asia two way exchange broadcast with Radio Malaya.
Terrence Cooper to BBC Far Eastern Service - on a proposed two way exchange broadcast (Item Designation BBC_300)
Sunday Wilshin of BBC London to Brian Denney of BBC Far Eastern Services
Sunday Wilshin, English Program Organizer for East and Far East Services, responds to Brian Denney on Terrence Cooper's behalf. She lets him know that Terrence Cooper is on leave but encourages him to continue with the proposal outlined in document designated BBC_303
Sunday Wilshin responds to a telegraph sent by Brian Denney on Terrence Cooper's behalf.
Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services to Terrence Cooper of BBC London - on expenses and potential speakers
Peter Albany proposes a potential speaker for the London Calling Asia joint broadcast with Radio Malaya; a Chief Justice from Ipoh named Justice Syed Sheh bin Syed Hassan Barakbah. He also inquires into a speaker fee for the contributors as well as potential coverage for expenses.
Peter Albany, Head of Service for BBC Far Eastern Services, writes to Terrence Cooper of London Calling Asia, BBC London in regards to their potential joint program.
Terence Cooper of BBC London to Brian Denney of BBC Far Eastern Services - on potential producers
Terrence Cooper writes to Brian Denney, asking who he might be able to send the London speaker's comments to at Radio Malaya. He also sets a deadline of September 3rd, 1958 for the Malaysian speakers comments to be sent to him.
Potential producers on the Malaysian end of the broadcast, and a tentative deadline is set for September 3rd, 1958
Despatch of Cable (on prospective budget)
Cable dispatch from Irene Elford stipulating a budget of 25 Guineas to cover expenses
Terence Cooper of BBC London to Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services - on budget allocation
Terence Cooper writes to Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services. He informs Albany about the 25 Guinea budget for fees and expenses that has been allocated for the project. He also suggests some openers for the Radio Malaya contributor.
Budget allocation for the two way broadcast, suggested opening phrases for Radio Malaya contributor
Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services to Terence Cooper of BBC London - on speaker cancellation
Peter Albany informs Terence Cooper that the Malaysian judge previously tapped to participate in the program has dropped out do to work pressure. He goes on to suggest potential replacements and suggests that the broadcast be delayed as well.
The potential speaker for the 2 way broadcast is now no longer able to take part.
Irene M. Elford of BBC London to Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services - on broadcast date
Irene Elford of BBC London urges Peter Albany not to delay the broadcast date, and asks Albany to contact potential replacements as quickly as possible
Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services to Terence Cooper of BBC London - on replacement speaker and date of tape delivery
Peter Albany writes to Terence Cooper that a replacement speaker has been secured, LCA Mohammed Suffia Bin Hashim. He also notes the topics he will be covering, and that the tape will arrive at the BBC London offices on the 11th of September 1958
Replacement speaker and date of tape delivery
Despatch of Cable - on replacement speaker
A cable dispatch informing Terence Cooper of the telegraph sent on September 7, 1958 (item designation BBC_311)
Terrence Cooper to BBC Far Eastern Service - on a proposed two way exchange broadcast (Item Designation BBC_301), Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services to Terence Cooper of BBC London - on replacement speaker and date of tape delivery (Item Designation BBC_311)
Telegraph noting a potential time and date for Victor Mishcon (the BBC contributor to the project) to record his statements
Suggested date and time for recording (BBC London)
Terence Cooper of BBC London to Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services - on chosen BBC London contributor
Terence Cooper writes to Peter Albany about his chosen speaker for the BBC London side of the broadcast: Victor Mishcon, solicitor and former chairman of the LCC. He also gives a tentative date of September 19th for the delivery of his comments on tape and requests that Albany arrange for Radio Malaya's responses to be sent by air as soon as possible. He also informs Albany that the recordings will be broadcast over the circuit as an alternative to waiting for the tapes of Mishcon's statements to arrive, allowing for Radio Malaya to record their responses at an earlier date.
Chosen BBC London contributor, expected date of delivery for his comments and Radio Malaya's responses
Terence Cooper of BBC London to HFES - on suggested schedule
Terence Cooper suggests that the programme be linked on the 18th of September after Radio Malaya records their contributions on the 16th
Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services to Terence Cooper of BBC London - on recording accommodations
Peter Albany writes to BBC London that they can accommodate recording of the Radio Malaya contribution over circuit
Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services to Terence Cooper of BBC London - on tape dispatch
Peter Albany notes via telegram that their recording has been dispatched via air (flight number BA793)
Document confirms receipt and recording of Radio Malaya's tape on September 15, 1958.
Terence Cooper writes to Peter Albany to let him know that the tape of Mishcon's comments (the BBC London contributor) has been sent and will arrive in Singapore on British Airlines flight 715/18. He also notes that Suffia's responses from Radio Malaya should arrive on Monday at the latest.
BBC London tape sent via air, Radio Malaya responses due Monday, September 22 1958
Contents of Mishcon tapes and receiving address for CP Albany
Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services to Terence Cooper of BBC London - on Suffia Tape
Peter Albany writes to Terence Cooper that Suffia's responses have been recorded and sent to Cooper via flight EM533, with expected arrival in London on September 21, 1958
Document confirms receipt and recording of Radio Malaya's tape on September 22, 1958.
Terence Cooper of BBC London to Peter Albany of BBC Far Eastern Services - on successful broadcast
Terence Cooper writes to Peter Albany that the broadcast was successful, and that a copy of the program could be sent to the BBC Far Eastern Service offices for it to be broadcast as a special program.
Two way programme was broadcast successfully
Terence Cooper of BBC London to Brian Denney of BBC Far Eastern Services - on budget allocation
Terence Cooper writes to Brian Denney of BBC Far Eastern Services. He notes that a budget of 20 Guineas has been allocated for expenses. He also notes that because of a delay, Radio Malaya's recording of Mishcon's comments over circuit had failed.
Budget allocation and failed circuit recording
J.B. Clark to H.S.A. on Broadcasting Appointment
J.B. Clark notes that; a) They were asked by the government to take over responsibilities on Far Eastearn Broadcasting Services now based in Singapore. b) There is no detailed considerations on the date when they will take on the responsibilities nor is there on staffing needs and other arrangements. c) J.B Clark recommends that the circumstances not influence any action they take as the Foreign Office remains the responsible body. d) J.B Clark notes that should they take on any responsibilities, they should consider staffing heads for the UK, contract staff, and local staff.
Letter from the Borneo Broadcasting Services Co. to the BBC London
The Borneo Broadcasting Services Co. writes to the BBC regarding the reception in the radio station in preparation for BBC taking on responsibility in the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service, Singapore, and the possibility of changing broadcasting schedules.
Letter from the Borneo Broadcasting Services Co. to the BBC London on broadcasting schedules and station reception
Tangye Lean to C.O.S. - on Listener Research
Tangye Lean writes to request for updated listener information on the following subjects: a) Number of short and medium wave sets in the territories b) Estimate of the nature and influence of the audiences c) The possibilities of arranging relays over local stations d) The extent of Russian and Chinese broadcasting in the territories with the purpose of extending service of BBC Far Eastern Services to a few other countries.
BBC Folder E1 1063 B Cover Page (Item Designation BBC_500)
Cyril Conner, Head of Overseas Programme Services writing to H.G Gray of the Borneo Broadcasting Services
Cyrill Conner notes that; a) It is substantial matter to have additional engineers and staff to do an all-day broadcast for the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Services. b) There is no chance at the present to do the request because of the aforementioned factors.
Cyril Conner, Head of Overseas Programme Services responding to H.G Gray of the Borneo Broadcasting Services regarding their request to change broadcasting schedules
Telegraph from Head of Overseas Programme Services to J.B. Clark
Head of Overseas Programme Services responds to the request to broadcast news mid-day be resumed, and that the there are too many difficulties to bring transmissions. J.B. Clark referred to as D.D.D.S.
Telegraph from Head of Overseas Programme Services to J.B. Clark (referred to as D.D.D.S.) regarding the attached request to Sarawak regarding broadcast schedules
R Benwit to Far East Broadcasting Service - on Visit to Malaya Guerrillas
R Benwit reports to BBC Far Eastern Broadcasting Services on Malaya Guerrilla fighters. He notes the following impressions: a) Radio in War Time b) Present Listening c) Interest in Radio d) Knowledge of Standard Chinese e) Present Audience Requirements f) Political Observations
Radio Malaya Monitoring Service - "Monitoring Digest", December 8, 1949
A daily report on listener numbers and general status for Radio Malaya, dated December 8, 1949. The report covers the following topics (9 pages): a) Delegation to Asian Women's Conference in Peking b) Report on Communist China c) Report on Vietnam c)
Asher Lee to Overseas Liasion Officer - Liasion with Radio Malaya (Attached Letter)
Asher Lee writes a clarification on his previous letter (Item Designation BBC_507) asking the receiver to copy his letter to Peter Albany
Asher Lee to C.P. Albany - on Audience Research
Asher Lee writes to Peter Albany attempting to liaise on audience research. He notes that his office has drafted a questionnaire to distribute at the British Far East Broadcasting Services office in Singapore.
Ivor Thomas to BBC Far Eastern Services - on Audience Research
Ivor Thomas opts out of intervening on matters of Audience Research, suggesting that H.W. Jackson be approached for this purpose instead.
Diana Badder to Head of Broadcasting, BBC Far Eastern Services - on Ivor Thomas' Leave of Absence
Diana Badder writes to inform HBFEBS that Ivor Thomas is on leave, and will return in two weeks.
Telegraph from the Head of Overseas Programme Services to C.C.S., H.C.S., A.H.C.S., H.O.P.S.
Head of Overseas Programme Services notes that there is a loss of direct listeners of the BBC. It also notes that the loss is most likely due to the listeners switching to Rediffusion Service, which they suspect to be American.
Telegraph from the Head of Overseas Programme Services on the British Council Letter from Singapore
Ivor E Thomas to HW Jackson - on a Potential Listening Survey
Ivor Thomas writes to coordinate arrangement of a survey of Radio Malaya listeners.
Letter from Deputy Director L.D. Whitley to Assistant Circulation Manager G.E. Rush
L.D. Whitley relays the content of a letter she received stating that many people do not listen to the British radio as they need a powerful set to pick it up. It also notes that people in Singapore are listening to Rediffusion instead, which mostly broadcasts American items.
Letter from Deputy Director L.D. Whitley to Assistant Circulation Manager G.E. Rush regarding the loss of listeners of the BBC in Singapore
HW Jackson to Ivor Thomas - on Audience Research Unavailability
HW Jackson writes to Ivor Thomas to inform him that Radio Malaya lacks the funds and staff to conduct a listener survey (in reference to BBC_510). Jackson also suggests the matter be discussed further on his return to London later that year.
M. Whitehouse to Acting Head of Overseas Services - on Malayan Broadcasts from London
M. Whitehouse suggests that Newsheets and Letter (BBC_514) be sent back to Ismail Bin Ali of the Malay section of BBC London
Report on Broadcasting Developments in Malaya
The report notes the following; a) There are 23,486 licences issued at the end of the year. b) The new broadcasting Station in Singapore is nearing completion. c) The installation of transmitters and associated apparatus will commence. d) Mr. Davis of BBC has arrived in Singapore and is engaged in survey for the expansion of broadcasting in Malaya.
Report on Broadcasting Developments in Malaya regarding issued listening licences from July to December 1940
Suffian to Ismail Bin Ali - on Radio Tone and Delivery, Opportunities for Malay personalities on the radio
Suffian writes to Simail Bin Ali about what is considered an acceptable broadcast tone for British audiences. He notes that British audiences prefer a calm and collected tone for their broadcasts. However he claims that since these Radio Malaya broadcasts are intended for Malay audiences it might be better the tone matches the preferences of those audiences, which is closer to the French or American style of broadcasting (urgent and declamatory). He also notes that Malays are not often trusted to appear on the air or take charge of their own broadcasts. He notes that in Chinese and Japanese occupied areas Malays are employed and are more effective broadcasters for Malaysian audiences. He says this matches the general sentiment of the Malayan population in British Malaya, and that unless something is changed, they will continue to prefer other stations.
Letter from R. Scrivener to J.B. Clark on providing facilities for NBC radio
R. Scrivener discusses that it was decided that it was desirable to persuade the American Newspaper Correspondence to provide facilities in Malaya. R. Scrivener also notes that he would be glad to hear J.B. C lark's views of the matter.
R. Scrivener writes to J.B. Clark regarding the problem on providing facilities for NBC radio correspondence over British Far Eastern Broadcasting Station
Letter from P.L. Carter to Nigel Gaydon Esq.
P.L Carter notes that recording facilities are available in Singapore, whence discs could be flown to the the United States. He also notes that the only broadcasting facilities are available from the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Station. Copies of the letter will also be sent to Singapore Tokyo, and Moorland.
Letter from P.L. Carter to Nigel Gaydon regarding facilities for American Correspondence
Letter from David Crichton to P.L. Carter. Esq.
David Crichton notes that a) They received P.L. Carters previous letter stating that transmitters might be available for visiting Americans at the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Station b) Baker, who is head of the BFEBS, stated that it is not BBCs policy to offer broadcasting facilities and wonders if that has been cleared with BBC London.
Letter from David Crichton to P.L. Carter. Esq. regarding American journalists visiting Malaya
BBC Director (Department of Broadcasting) to R.J. Baker - on Listener Research
The Director of the Department of Broadcasting responds to a letter from RJ Baker about listener research, offering some help from BBC London in their efforts to conduct more thorough listener surveys at Radio Malaya
WR Baker to H.O.S.A - on Radio Malaya's Monitoring Reports
WR Baker sends a copy of Radio Malaya's Monitoring reports to HOSA, asking if they would like to be added to the distribution list for these daily "Monitoring Digests" he notes that they would cost $1.50 to ship and this cannot be covered by the Far East Broadcasting Service's office. (The Monitoring report is designated BBC_606)
J.B. Clark notes that the right outlet for the NBC correspondents to use might be the radio telephone circuit. He also notes that since the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Station is an external service to Malaya, it might be ideal to approach Radio Malaya.
Letter from J.B. Clark to R. Scrivener on offering the broadcasting facilities at the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Station
Dumeresque to Ivor Thomas - on Program Language
A telegraph asking if the programme will be in the Malay language
Ivor Thomas confirms the 1235 broadcast will be in the Malay Language (in reply to BBC_616)
Memo from Cyril Conner to British Far Eastern Broadcasting Station
Cyril Conner states that there is no policy regarding offering facilities to commercial broadcasting services, and that the facilities are open to American correspondents.
Memo from Cyril Conner regarding offering facilities to American correspondents
British Far Eastern Broadcasting Station
Telegraph from W.R. Baker, Head of Service to Head of Overseas Programme Service
W.R. Baker acknowledges the memo from Cyrill Conner regarding offering facilities to American correspondents and states that there has been a misunderstanding.
Facilities for Commercial Broadcasting Station
Telegraph from Head of Service to Head of Overseas Programme Service
It is noted on the telegraph that David Crichton, First Secretary of the Commissioner Generals Office has confirmed that Radio Malaya is offering all of their available facilities to American Radio correspondents.
Facilities for Commercial Broadcasting Organizations
Interview with Major S. Lack, Army Welfare, War Offices
Major S. Lack expressed disappointment in the interview regarding the lack of broadcast hours for forces in Malaya, specifically during 7 to 8:30 and 12 and 2:30 local time. It also notes that Major S. Lack asked if the BBC can consider providing service during those periods.
Interview with Major S. Lack on Forces Broadcasting
C. Lawson-Reece to OLO - on David Kennard
C Lawson-Reece writes to ask if David Kennard can use BBC facilities to study television programme techniques, given that the Americans have already offered similar facilities
Dumeresque expresses his gratitude for Conner Broadcasts London's cooperation on the Macdonald broadcast
Telegraph from J.B. Clark, Deputy Director, Overseas Services to Forces Broadcasting
J.B. Clark advices the Overseas Services to approach Radio Malaya regarding special services for the Forces in Malaya. He also notes that the British Far Eastearn Services only operates in short wave length which may be unsuitable for internal services.
J.B. Clark regarding the interview with Major S. Lack on broadcasting schedules
Cyril Conner to WR Baker - on "Britain Through Malay Eyes" Rebroadcast
Cyril Conner writes to WR Baker, informing him that no action was needed on his end in regards to the rebroadcast of their "Britain through Malay eyes" program. She notes she only meant to inform him of the broadcast but in the future, the liaison between Radio Malaya and BBC Far Eastern Services is best done through London.
Letter from C.P. Albany - Head of Service BBC Far Eastern Broadcasting Services to H.G.O.S.
It is noted that there was a request from the Officer in charge to delay broadcast from Variety Programmes by 6 hours.
Delayed Broadcast from RAF Broadcasting System, Changi
Telegraph from Ivor Thomas to the Head of British Far Eastern Broadcasting Services
Mr. Thomas notes that they cannot authorize the recording of a BBC News bulletin for a delayed broadcasting 6 hours after. However, a 1 hour delay can be consdered.
Delayed Broadcasts by R.A.F. Broadcasting System, Changi
Letter from E. Jago, Deputy Agent to J.B. Clark Esq.
E. Jago notes the interesting resources in Malaya, and that one of the objects of the government when establishing their agency was for the general public to know more t=of the Malaya.
E. Jago writes to J.B. Clark to request more program on Malayan life
FN Lloyd Williams to Ivor Thomas - on broadcasting in English schools in Malaya
Lloyd Williams writes to Ivor Thomas, enclosing three copies of the broadcast schedule for English schools in Malaya.
Dispatch of Cable - Irene M Elford to WR Baker - on "Britain through Malay eyes" Rebroadcast
Irene M Elford writes to WR Baker to inform him of the rebroadcast of the "Britain through Malay eyes" program.
WR Baker to Irene Elford - on Relay of BBC Malay Program by Radio Malaya
WR Baker writes to Irene Elford about the rebroadcast of the "Britain through Malay eyes" Program. He informs Ms. Elford of a request by Pascoe Thornton to help feed and rebroadcast the program through Radio Malaya.
Ivor Thomas to FN Lloyd Williams - on English School Broadcasts in Malaya
Ivor Thomas writes Lloyd Williams to thank him for the broadcast schedules for English schools in Malaya, he notes that he has already forwarded them to H.C.S., Sec. S.B.C, and S.B.M.
Ivor Thomas to H.C.S, S.B.C., S.B.M - on Malayan School Broadcasting
Ivor Thomas informs the head office on Norman Lloyd Williams' schedule for broadcasts in English schools in Malaya for 1949.
Region of North Laos: Louang (Lower) Namtha
Person whose name or office bears the initials HFES
Person whose name or office bears the initials H.S.A.
Person whose name or office bears the initials D.K.B
Person whose name or office bears the initials C.O.S
Person whose name or office bears the initials A.H.C.S.
Person whose name or office bears the initials H.C.S.
Person whose name or office bears the initials C.C.S.
Acting Controller, (Overseas Services), London
The Empire News Editor, B.B.C., Broadcasting House
Person whose name or office bears the initials H.O.S.A
Person whose name or office bears the initials H.G.O.S.
Person whose name or office bears the initials S.B.M
Person whose name or office bears the initials S.B.C.
Three people have the title O.L.O, R.J. Baker, Ivor E. Thomas, and Irene M. Elford
Head of Service, British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service
Acting Controller (Overseas Services), London
Director of External Broadcasting, BBC London
Assistant Director of Publicity (Overseas)
English Program Organizer, East and Far East Services
Overseas Services Establishment Director
Person whose name or office bears the initials PP
Person whose name or office bears the initials PJO
Program Director, Department of Broadcasting, Singapore
Information Policy Department, Foreign Office
Person whose name or office bears the initials OPD
Sir Noel Ashbridge KBE (10 December 1889 – 4 June 1975) was an English engineer who played a key role in the early technical development of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Major/Malay Editor, Political Intelligence Department
Referred to as LFW with PJO (LFW/PJO) in some texts
Deputy Director of the Periodicals Department
Program Director, Printing and Publicity Department, Malayan Broadcasting Unit, Singapore
Director, Department of Broadcasting, Singapore
Referred to as JBC (PP/JBC and JBC/EWW) in some texts
Person whose name or office bears the initials H.O.E.I.D.
Regional Services Administrator and Liasion
Director of Schools Broadcasting, Department of Broadcasting, Malayan Union and Singapore
Person whose name or office bears the initials E.B.D
Sometimes also referred to as Deputy Agent
Person whose name or office bears the initials D.E.P
Referred to in the text as C. Conner and Mr. Conner
Head of Service, BBC Far Eastern Service
Sometimes referred to as Paul Albany. Title can sometimes be referred to as Head of Broadcasting. Far Eastern Broadcast Services or Head of British Far Eastern Broadcasting Services
Office of the Far Eastern Service Director
Senior Programming Assistant, BBC Far Eastern Service
External Broadcasting Audience Research Officer
Person whose name or office bears the initials A.D.E.S.
Burmese and Malay Editor, Eastern Services Broadcasts
Toraja (West) - near Palu in kampung Bora
Toraja (West) - near Palu in kampung Sidera