Sounds

Travel
Event description
Sound
Travel of Anonimo Veneziano
5 sounds
1. Painted in burial with musical instruments, dancing and singing
Instrument
Dance
Voice
2. Carved drawings of dancers and players
Dance
Instrument
Travel of Richard Jobson
15 sounds
1. Noises from the People of the River Gambra
Voice > Crowd
2. War drums of the Kingdom of Cassan
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > war drums
3. Funeral of the Mary-brucke
Voice > Woman
4. The White Man's Thunder
Noise > shooting
5. Party at the house of Buckor Sano
Dance > Celebratory dance
6. Description of the instruments of River Gambia pt. 1
Instrument > 323 Harp Lutes
7. Description of the instruments of River Gambia pt. 2
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones
Voice > Man
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Ballard
Dance
8. Circumcision celebration
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > drummes
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Ballard
Dance
9. Description of the Ho-re
Voice > Man
10. Roaring of the lion
Animal > Lion roaring
First travel of Romano Giovanni Francesco
2 sounds
3. Natives of Congo dance
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > tamburi
4. Description of instruments in Kingdom of Congo
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones
Travel of Ḥasan bin Aḥmad al-Ḥaymī
8 sounds
1. Muskets fired to frighten local nomads
Other tool > Firing of muskets
2. Islamic congregational prayer and sermon in the town's cemetery
Voice > Man
3. Elephants' noises and muskets firing
Animal > Drinking
Other tool > Firing of muskets
4. Naqqāra beaten for a joyous occasion
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > naqqāra
5. Muskets fired to frighten local nomads called Gallas
Other tool > Firing of muskets
6. Islamic congregational prayer performed in the village's square
Voice > Crowd
7. Muskets fired against local nomads
Other tool > Firing of muskets
Travel of Michelangelo Guattini
9 sounds
1. Sounds of trumpets and flutes
Noise > Artillery Shots
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Trombe
Instrument > 422.2 Oboes > Pifferi
2. Chorus of voices singing hymns
Voice > Crowd
Instrument
4. Fleet of ships in the harbor
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Trombe
5. Liturgical chants
Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpe
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Viole
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Cornetti
Travel of Dionigi de Carli
20 sounds
6. Description of the balafon
Dance
Voice > Crowd
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones
7. Roar of lions
Animal > Roar of lions
8. Lion's roar
Animal > Roar of one lion
9. Celebration of a baptism
Voice > Crowd
Dance
10. Sound of a bell
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Campana
11. Description of a bird
Animal > Cry of a bird
12. A choir of voices
Voice > Crowd
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Campana
13. Some voices in the darkness
Voice > Crowd
14. Laments
Voice > Crowd
15. A moment of celebration
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Campane
Noise > Artillery Shots
16. An other typical day on the vessel
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Fischetto
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Trombe
17. An uproar of a prisoner
Noise > Uproar
18. Some cannonballs
Noise > Cannonballs
19. Winds
Natural > Storm
Travel of Giovanni Antonio Soderini
33 sounds
1. Terrible thunder is heard while it rains
Natural > Thunder
2. The annoying cry of crows
Animal > Crows
3. The silence of the midges
Animal > Midges
4. Mention of Turkish muezzins
Voice > Man
5. Songs and shouts of wonder with text the Kyrie
Voice > Woman
6. Presence of musicians at a wedding
Instrument
Dance > Greek dances
7. Wedding dances
Dance > Dancing at a wedding
Instrument
8. Cries of the Reis en route to Corfu
Voice > Man
9. The sailors' confusion
Voice > Man
10. The songs for the growth of the Nile
Instrument
Voice
11. The guards' shouts at night
Voice > Man
12. Janissaries shouting at two men who appeared to be thieves
Voice > Man
13. Women's howls over a dead child
Voice > Woman
14. The shouts of the muezzins from the steeples
Voice > Man
15. The times of the call to prayer of the muezzin
Voice > Man
16. Dogs howl and make noise
Animal > Dogs
17. Zaġrūṭa of women and saints' cries chanting "Hù Hù"
Voice > Woman
Voice > Man
18. The saints sing "Hù Hù" in the sacred procession to Mecca
Voice > Man
19. Drummers representing schools in the procession to Mecca
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones
20. The announcement that the Nile has reached its mark
Voice > Man
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones
21. Drummers and flutes accompany the cutting of the Khalīj
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Pifferi
22. Funeral ceremony with dancing and singing
Voice > Man
Dance > Dance of women at a funeral
Instrument
23. Organ Music at Mass for St. Francis Day
Instrument > 412 Interruptive free Aerophones > Organo
24. Pedestal where the cock crowed that made St Peter repent
Animal > Rooster
25. The sound of a bell interrupts the prayer
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campana
First part of John Barbot's account of Africa
29 sounds
1. Sweet tone of parrots
Animal > Bird
2. Whistling language
Voice
3. Marriage customs
Voice > Man
4. Musical instruments in war
Instrument > 2 Membranophones > Lomlambe
5. Musical instruments goods for trade
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Bell
6. Superstition and whitchcraft
Voice > Man
7. Voices and sounds during funerals
Voice
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Cutlace
8. Sleeping, dancing and wrestling
Dance > Round dance
Body > Beating feet on the ground
Body > Clapping hands
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Kettle
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Calabash
Instrument > 2 Membranophones > Drum
Voice
9. Ramadan and feasting
Instrument > 2 Membranophones > Drum
10. A visit paid to Conde, the Viceroy
Voice > Man
11. Griot's musical instruments
Instrument > 2 Membranophones > Drum
Voice
Instrument > 32 Composite Chordophones > Timbrel
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Balafè
Instrument > 32 Composite Chordophones > Lute
12. Religion: using voice to ward off the devil
Voice > Woman
13. Singing during Muhammad's great feasts
Voice > Crowd
14. Voices in John Baptists and other saints’s feast
Voice > Crowd
15. The way kings adorn themselves
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Bell
16. Musical instruments and voices at the burial of the king.
Instrument > 4 Aerophones > Flute
Instrument > 4 Aerophones > Hautboy
Voice > Crowd
Second part of John Barbot's account of Africa
21 sounds
1. A public institution to learn performative arts
Voice
Dance
2. Justice with masked advocates
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Bell
3. Killing a leopard
Other tool
4. Superstition about a bird
Animal > Bird
5. Singing flies
Animal > Flie
6. Naming ceremony for a newborn baby
Voice
Instrument > Musical instrument
7. Beating drums when someone is accused of misdemeanor
Instrument > 2 Membranophones > Drum
8. The arrival of the ambassador between dance and music
Dance
Voice
9. Spirits saving a man during hunt and the feast
Dance
Voice
10. The sect of the Belly: a school to learn also dance and music
Dance
Voice
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Bell
11. Voices and noise during punishment of adultery
Voice > Crowd
Other tool > Noise with a scraper
12. Men wearing jingling ornaments
Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Bell
13. Hearing voices during funerals
Voice > Crowd
Noise > Noise of people