Context (CMS Context)
This tape is referenced as 'D 3/1. DANCES AND SONGS. Songs (7) sung by men (No. 5 with guitar) at studios of Fiji Broadcasting Commission. 1955/56. 007-520. All actuality records.' (see Roth's original list, MAA, Doc.385).
25/01/2013
Created by: Lucie Carreau on 25/01/2013

Context (CMS Context)
This audio recording belongs to a series of 20 tapes recorded by George Kingsley Roth in Fiji in the 1950s, on Scotch Magnetic recording tapes, single track, 15min, 600 feet. The tapes record Fijian (and occasionally Tongan) songs and musical instruments and range from live recording, arranged recording and copies of recordings made by the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. The tapes were brought to MAA for safekeeping in 2001 shortly after Mrs Jane Roth's death by Mrs Sue Stobbs, her neighbour. They were digitised by the World Oral Literature Project (WOLP) in 2012 and accessioned into MAA's collection in 2013.
14/01/2013
Created by: maa on 14/01/2013

Description (CMS Description)
Recording of dances (meke) & songs, 13 min 42 seconds.
Songs and hymns composed by Fijians within the last ten years [1940s & 1950s]. Some of the songs are accompanied by guitars which are not Fijian musical instruments. Actuality record (record made during the actual performance of a normal ceremony) made by the Fijian Broadcasting Commission in Suva in 1955 & 1956.
1) Song 1 [0.28 - 1.12]
2) Song 2 [1.16 - 3.00]
3) Song 3 [3.01 - 5.51]
4) Song 4 [5.53 - 7.54]
5) Song 5 [8.03 - 9.30]
6) Song 6 [9.34 - 11.43]
7) Song 7 [11.45 - 13.40].
14/01/2013
Created by: maa on 14/01/2013