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Item ID
MW6-014
(Collection Details)
Title Rabaul Various Collections
Description Video Cassette Tape#1 - Various recordings of style of music in stringbands, solo guitarist, brass band, Gospel worship band and choral singing in church service.

Demonstration of playing Polynesian style guitar instrumentals with steel guitar, ukelele and acoustic guitar.

Popular solo guitarist, Blasius ToUna playing a selection of his songs.

Brass Band playing instrumental songs at Rabaul wharf welcoming tourists on arrival.

Church gospel band playing worship songs and typical hymns such as; How great you are, Lets talk about Jesus, Sweep over my soul and others.

A United Church service conducted in a form of commemoration or ordination of christian ministry in the service and faith. Choral music and singing from the Kuanua Hymn Book of various songs including "Malmal, Malmal" or Peace, Perfect Peace, "Tikana gunan arama" or A Place in Heaven and others during the church service.

(Steven Gagau, May 2019)
Origination date 1993-02-01
Origination date free form
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/MW6/014
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Collector
Michael Webb
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Countries
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Language as given
Subject language(s)
English - eng
Kuanua - ksd
Tok Pisin - tpi
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Content language(s)
English - eng
Kuanua - ksd
Tok Pisin - tpi
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Dialect
Region / village Rabaul, Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province
Originating university University of Sydney
Operator Jodie Kell
Data Categories song
Data Types MovingImage
Discourse type singing
Roles Steven Gagau : data_inputter
Various : performer
Blasins ToUna : singer
DOI 10.26278/5005-PS41
Cite as Michael Webb (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Various (performer), Blasins ToUna (singer), 1993. Rabaul Various Collections. MP4/MXF. MW6-014 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5005-PS41
Content Files (2)
Filename Type File size Duration File access
MW6-014-01.mp4 video/mp4 1.83 GB 01:59:22.920
MW6-014-01.mxf application/mxf 66.8 GB
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Collection Information
Collection ID MW6
Collection title Music in Rabaul, Gazelle Peninsula, ENBP and New Guinea Islands Region (ca. 1950s - 1990s)
Description Recordings of a wide range of music in Rabaul 1950s-1990s covering areas of the Gazelle Peninsula of East New Britain Province and the New Guinea Islands Region. This collection was the PhD research work by Dr Michael Webb focused on music of Melanesia in the Pacific. This collection was located as a result of PARADISEC's 'Lost and Found' project and digitisation was funded by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language.

Note: This video recording on Item MW6-012 labelled Queens Birthday Singsing, Rabaul in 1993 was unable to be digitised due to poor quality of tape so deleted from collection.
(Steven Gagau)
Countries
Australia - AU
New Caledonia - NC
Papua New Guinea - PG
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Languages
English - eng
French - fra
Hakö - hao
Halia - hla
Kuanua - ksd
Mekeo - mek
Motu - meu
Ramoaaina - rai
Saliba - sbe
Sursurunga - sgz
Siar-Lak - sjr
Solos - sol
Teop - tio
Tok Pisin - tpi
Taulil - tuh
Undetermined language - und
Warwar Feni - hrw
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Access Information
Edit access Jodie Kell
Steven Gagau
Michael Webb
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Data access conditions Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
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