Benno Häupl, the dean among the collectors of (early) ethnomusicological
sound documents and photographical images, has passed away in Riga,
Latvia. The widow wishes that the collection should be left intact and
will consider serious offers from institutions that can guarantee a
permanent home. There is no detailed inventory. The collection is
described as follows:
THE HÄUPL COLLECTION
OF
EARLY VERNACULAR MUSIC RECORDINGS
*The Häupl Collection*encompasses ethnic, traditional and regional music
on commercial 78 rpm discs ranging from early Berliners to post-WW2
regional labels "from//Afghanistan to Zimbabwe", and more study
material. It includes, mainly:
- *25* Edison cylinders 1892-1902 in original boxes
- *9,000* gramophone records (78rpm) from 1898 to 1970,many in their
original company sleeves
- *2,100* photos 1860-1960 of traditional musicians worldwide, with
their instruments
- *130* record catalogs, 1910-1960, of 78rpm ethnic series by commercial
record companies worldwide
*- The Record Collection *covers traditional music from all over the
world: 1,200 Indian/Pakistani/Ceylanese shellac discs, 900 Turkish,900
Arabic & Maghrebian, 850 African, 600 Flamenco/Spanish, 500 Appalachian
mountain music, 400 Greek. However, most sub-collections count lower
numbers, e.g.: 150 Chinese, 130 French Antilles/Haïti/Guyana, 100
Portuguese/ Fado, 90 Iranian, 85 Albanian polyphony, 80 Native American
Indians, 70 Madagascan & Réunionnais, 70 French-Canadian,
70 Armenian, 60 Cretan lyra, 50 Yiddish/Cantorial, 50 Afghani/Pashto, 50
Italian/Sardinian/Corsican, 50 Lemko-Ukrainian etc.
Other areas count less samples, e.g. Vietnam, Ethiopia, Burma,
Kurdistan, Thailand, Yemen-Saudi-Oman, Mongolia, Malta, Uzbekistan,
Japan... Yet, music of minorities is on hand, e.g. Aborigines, Inuit,
Aramite-Assyrians, Tuareg, Khmer, Basques, Laz, Crimea-Tatars, Maori,
Ilcano, Ladino-Sephardim, Criollos, Parsee, Rhaeto-Romansh, Azeri,
Ruthenians, Andean Inca....
Or regional music styles like tex-mex, sacred harp singing, krontchong,
trallaleri, khömei, gamelan gong & angklung, kwela, puirt-a-beul,
huayno, highlife, klezmer, Berber 'aïta, piobaireachd, shangaan... Plus
a batch of early recordings of European folk instruments:hardingfele,
fujara, guzla, tárogató, ciaramella, dulzaina, jew's harp, nyckelharpa,
kankliu; /kantele, biniou, fyell, hurdy-gurdy, launeddas... Only few 78s
of indigenous and tribal music are there from places like Tibet,
Amazonia, Laos, Sudan, Papua Niugini, Korea, Bahrain, Nepal, Surinam,
Somalia, Cabo Verde, Sulawesi, Tonga, Iceland, French Polynesia...
Other important and focused parts of the Häupl Collection are:
*The Cajun Music Collection 1925-2012 *(from the first 78 to the last
vinyl), a unique, 50 years lifetime collection, by far the largest of
its kind (400 78s, 1,400 45s, 750 LPs). It comprises more than 99% of
all discs ever published of the music of theautochthonous French and
Creole speaking settlers in Louisiana, including many "only known
copies", since there was often
a total of only 100 copies pressed. This is the only part of the Häupl
Collection that includes both shellac and vinyl records.
*- The Bagpipe Collection 1898-1965 -*700 solo bagpipe 78s (and several
cylinders) from many countries: France, India, Germany, Bulgaria,
Ukraine, Albania, Spain, Morocco, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Egypt, Bohemia,
Ireland, Hungary, Turkey, Croatia, Armenia, Iraq, Georgia, Romania,
Tunisia- and yes, Scotland, too.
- *The Taksim Collection 1910 to 1950* - about 180 shellac records from
Turkey, Arabia, Armenia and Greece with solo improvisations in
Mid-Eastern modes on various string and wind instruments, including some
rarely documented modes.
*- The shellac records from the estate of Prof. W. Heinitz *(1883-1963),
until 1949 head of the "Phonetisches Laboratorium"
in Hamburg: about 100 discs made by the "Phonogramm-Archiv", the
"Institut für Lautforschung" and "Deutscher Rundfunk".
- *The legacy of the personal shellac discs of Hans Helfritz
*(1902-1995), the ethnomusicologist who worked with Erich von Hornbostel
and Carl Orff and who recorded in Yemen, West Africa, Mexico, Brazil
from the 1930's to 60's- some 80 discs.
*- Two Photo Collections 1860--1970*. 1)About 1,600 early photos of
anonymous traditional musicians from all over the world with their
instruments (again, "from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe") -- from
daguerrotype, albumen prints and "carte de visite" to postcards and
early archival photos. 2)Additionally, 500 such early photos of
bagpipers from many countries, with their regional variety of bagpipes:
Estonia, Armenia, Austria, Russia, Macedonia, India, Serbia, Libya,
Poland, Sudan, Portugal...
*- The Record Catalog Collection 1910-1960*.130 catalogs of special
series: "Polyphon Disques Arabes", "HMV East African Records", "Catálogo
Numerical de Discos Victor Argentina", "Parlophone Javanese Records",
"Zarzuelas Impresionadas por La Voz de Su Amo", "Odéon Katalaogy
Malagasy", "Beltona Scottish & Irish Records", "Cairophon", "Victor
Catalogue of all Languages", "Zonophone Numerical List - Gujarati,
Marathi, Hindustani, Sindhi, Jain", "Odeon Repertório Portugués",
"Greek, Turkish, Armenian, Spanish-Oriental Records", "Discos Mexicanos
Vocalion", "Slovenskych Rekordov","La Voix de son Maître Disques
Espagnols et Sardanes","Columbia Maori Records","Pathé Répertoire
Tunisien","Columbia Punjabi, Bangri, Nepali"...
In case of interest contact (preferably in English or German):
Mrs Gundega Zeltina: *Kazarmu iela 6-11 Riga 1013, Latvia (Europe)
Home phone.: +371-6737-3782*
(or *Dr. Rainer E. Lotz: * *Rotdornweg 81 53177 Bonn (Germany)
Home phone: +49-228-352808*)
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