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Appendix II. Themes from Music of Other Primitive Folk, Used for Comparative Purposes in Musicological Analysis

Example a

Beginning of a song of the Awèmbiak Tribe of New Guinea (From: J. Kunst, A Study of Papuan Music. Weltevreden, 1931.)

Example b

Solo:

Choral refrain:

Beginning and Choral Refrain of a ‘Song from the Festival for the Soul’ of the West African Pangwe Tribe. (From: E.M. v. Hornbostel: Musik [der Pangwe], in G. Tessman, Die Pangwe, Vol. II, Berlin, 1914.)

Example c

Introductory solo from a dance song of the East African Wanyamwezi. (From: E.M. v. Hornbostel, Wanyamwezi Songs; Anthropos iv, 1909.)

Example d

First half of a song of the Mohave Indians of North America. (From: George Herzog, The Yuman musical style; Journal of American Folklore xli, 1928.)

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Example e

First half of a chorus from a song of the Makushi Indians of South America (From: E.M. v. Hornbostel, Musik der Makuschi, Taulipáng und Yekuaná, in Th. Koch-Grünberg, Vom Roroima zum Orinoko, Stuttgart, 1923.)

Example f

Canonical Theme of the Kenta Tribe of Pygmies of Malacca (From: M. Kolinski, Die Musik der Primitivstämme auf Malaka und ihre Beziehungen zur samoanischen Musik; Anthropos xxv, 1930.)