Sounds

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Event description
Sound
Travel of Giovanni Battista Belzoni
50 sounds
1. Arabs dance to the sound of the drum (original source)
Dance
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"
2. Some customs of the Arabs (original source)
Voice
3. Dancers at the Pasha's palace (original source)
Dance
Voice
4. A wedding celebration (original source)
Voice > Man
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"
Dance > Dance of men
5. Continuation of the wedding party (original source)
Dance > Dance of men
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"
6. The noise of pepper on the tray (original source)
Noise > Pepper on tray
7. Bedouin dance at an Arab festival (original source)
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburo
Body > Clap of hands
Voice > Man
Dance > Women with daggers
8. Resonance of the metal alloy of a vessel (original source)
Noise > Metal object
9. Sound response of the walls (original source)
Noise > Wall's sound
10. Painting with dancers and instruments (original source)
Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpa a nove corde
Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpa a quattordici corde
Dance > Dance of 6 women
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Chitarre
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flauti
11. Arabs dance to the sound of the drum (italian translation)
Dance
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"
12. Some customs of the Arabs (italian translation)
Voice
13. Dancers at the Pasha's palace (italian translation)
Dance
Voice
14. A wedding celebration (italian translation)
Voice > Man
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"
Dance > Dances of men
15. Continuation of the wedding party (italian translation)
Dance > Dance of two men
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"
16. The noise of pepper on the tray (italian translation)
Noise > Pepper on tray
17. Bedouin dance at an Arab festival (italian translation)
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburo
Body > Clap of hands
Voice > Man
Dance > Women with daggers
18. Resonance of the metal alloy of a vessel (italian translation)
Noise > Metal object
19. Sound response of the walls (italian translation)
Noise > Wall's sound
20. Painting with dancers and instruments (italian translation)
Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpa a nove corde
Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpa a quattordici corde
Dance > Dance of 6 women
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Chitarre
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flauti
Travel of Sarah Parker-Brown
6 sounds
1. Daud Casheff's wife spoke in a low voice (original source)
Voice > Woman
2. Luxor women scold Sarah by shouting (original source)
Voice > Woman
3. Argument with a woman called the Deviless (original source)
Voice > Woman
4. Daud Casheff's wife spoke in a low voice (italian translation)
Voice > Woman
5. Luxor women scold Sarah by shouting (italian translation)
Voice > Woman
6. Argument with a woman called the Deviless (italian translation)
Voice > Woman
First travel of Girolamo Segato
3 sounds
1. Playful moments during the trip
Voice > Man
2. Moments of singing after a banquet
Dance
Voice > Man
Travel of Major William Gray in western africa
30 sounds
1. Night dance and description of a Balafo in Kayaye
Dance
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Ballafo
Instrument > Drum
2. The ritual of the Kankourang (circumcision)
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Drums
Body > Clap of hands
Voice > Crowd
3. The king of Wouli is accompanied by griots
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Drums
Voice > Crowd
4. Dance in honor of the king of Wouli
Dance
5. A griot praises his patron in Limbambulu
Voice > Man
6. Agonizing person screaming
Voice > Man
7. Description of the Mumbo Jumbo ritual
Dance
Voice > Man
Voice > Crowd
8. The Soninke king is announced by music
Voice > Crowd
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Drums
9. Horns call for the battle
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Bugles
10. Monkeys' noise outside Ganado
Animal > Monkeys
11. Fula griots play songs to the explorers
Voice > Man
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Drums
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Sort of guitar
12. Song are made for the capturing of a lion in Koutenabe
Body > Clap of hands
Voice > Woman
13. Cattle noise heard from a distance outside Koutenabe
Animal > Cattle
14. The chief of Dramanè is announced by musicians
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Drums
Voice > Crowd
15. Political rally in Dramanè
Voice > Man
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Drum
Body > Applause
16. Laments of a suffering woman
Voice > Woman
First travel of Amalia Sola Nizzoli
40 sounds
1. Confusion in Alexandria
Voice
2. A funeral, a bride's court, the Imam chant and the dogs
Animal > Dogs
Voice > Woman
Voice > Man
Noise > Bride procession
3. Shouts and whistles in Alexandria
Animal > Dogs
Voice
4. The confusion of an Alexandria building
Animal > Donkeys
Voice > Man
5. The noise of animals at night
Animal > Dogs
Animal > Donkeys
6. The sound of dogs at night
Animal > Dogs
7. Music accompanying the return of Ibraim-pasha
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Timpani
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"
Instrument > 422.2 Oboes > "Oboè"
Voice
Other tool > Artillery
8. Music in the military pump of Ibram-pasha
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Timpani
9. Dancers in Cairo
Dance > Dance of women
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Piattini
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Nacchere
10. Music in the procession for Ibrahim-pasha
Instrument
11. Shouts at the procession for Ibrahim-pasha
Voice
12. Singing of the Muezzin in Siut
Voice > Man
13. Singing of the Muezzin in Cairo
Voice > Man
14. Cairo dance party
Dance
15. Performance by a music academy
Dance
Instrument
16. Gerue in Milan to become a dancer
Dance > Dance of men
17. Sounds and noises of a stormy sea
Natural > Storm
Natural > Sea
Natural > Thunder
Other tool > Boat
Voice > Man
Natural > Rain
Natural > Waves
18. The ringing of bells in Livorno
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campane
Voice > Man
19. The bell of St. Leopold's lazaret
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campana
Second travel of Girolamo Segato
9 sounds
1. Seven mortar rounds to give courage to a Turkish child
Other tool > Mortar fire
2. The evil eye ritual in Egypt
Voice > Woman
3. Songs and dances at the festival of Muhammad
Dance
Voice
4. Drums at the procession for the festival of Muhammad
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
5. 100 or more inverted copper conical drums
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"
6. Music at work in the city of Qualabseh
Dance
Voice
Instrument
Second travel of Marco Augusto Costanzi in Egypt
2 sounds
1. The second low-key farewell in Alexandria
Noise > City
2. A memory of a wedding in Egypt
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"
Travel of Giovanni Battista Brocchi
194 sounds
1. Subterranean noises and rumblings in the Island of Meleda
Natural > Underground
Other tool > Artillery
2. Lyrical ditties in Ragusa
Voice
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Chitarra
3. The "colende" sung in Ragusa
Voice
4. The shrill sound of the horn of one of the Turkish Dervis
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Gheiz"
5. The minarets: where there are those who cackle a prayer
Voice > Man
6. Some musical instruments in Alexandria
Voice > Man
Instrument > 314 Board Zithers > "Ganun"
Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Eud"
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tar"
Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Camanghe"
Voice > Man
7. Prayer hours shouted from minarets
Voice > Man
8. Dogs barking in Alexandria
Animal > Dogs
9. Chants of Arabs in boats and while working
Voice > Man
10. One man's dance to the sound of a fife
Dance > Dance of men
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffero"
Body > Clap of hands
11. Choir section in the churches of St. Macario and St. Sergio
Other tool > Choir section in church
12. The pendulum clock with bells
Noise > Clock with bells
13. Mass sung by Franciscans
Voice > Man
14. Women's screams over a theft
Voice > Woman
15. The screams of women
Voice > Woman
16. Crashes at the clash with a rowboat
Voice > Man
17. Jackals howls
Animal > Jackals
18. The sound of village walls
Noise > Shards of wall
19. Cackling for sugar
Voice > Man
20. Turkish soldiers
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburo
21. The sound of thunder
Natural > Thunderstorm
22. Larksong
Animal > Larks
23. Music, dances and the instrument of the lyre
Dance > Acrobat
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffero"
Dance > Sword dance
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Lira
24. The sound of chalky granite
Noise > Granite
25. Departure to Qena
Animal > Camel
Voice
26. Pyrrhic dance and lyre playing
Dance > Sword dance
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Lira
27. Voice of a Turkish man
Voice > Man
28. The procession for St. Ibrahim Kenavi
Other tool > Artillery
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffero"
Dance
29. Prosecution of the procession for St. Ibrahim
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Timpani
30. Bell at the monastery door
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Campanella"
31. Nightingale singing in the monastery garden
Animal > Nightingales
32. Cicada sound
Animal > Cicada
33. Carpet delivery procession
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"
34. Carpet procession going to Mecca
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Timpani
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Piatti chinesi"
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburetto"
35. Camel verse description
Animal > Camel
36. Arabs' love songs
Voice
37. Arabian dancers
Dance > Dance of women
Voice > Woman
38. Payment of a singer
Voice > Woman
39. Description of the way Copts speak
Voice > Man
40. "Gadri" and "Mauleui" sing their prayers
Dance
Instrument
Voice
41. Auctioneers in the quarters of Cairo
Voice > Man
42. Nile cutting party preparation
Voice
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"
Other tool > Artillery
43. Nile cutting celebration
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Timpanetti"
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburoni"
44. During the Ramadan
Voice
Instrument
45. An old man's account of the city of Cairo
Animal > Sheep
46. The chattering of the children of El-Arich
Voice > Child
47. The bells in Lebanon
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campane
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Spranga di ferro"
48. Use of dances and players from Lebanon
Dance > Dance of men
Dance > Dance of women
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffero"
Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Chitarrino"
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburo
49. Muezzin singing in Lebanon
Voice > Man
50. Damascus fur delivery to Emir
Voice
Other tool > Artillery
51. The bells of Zahlé's churches
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campane
52. The bells of the stick
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campanelli
53. Rite of greeting according to etiquette
Voice
54. The verse of the Chameleon
Animal > Chameleon
55. At the Mar-Hanna convent, they sing in Arabic
Voice
56. Use of the word interdict for the monks of the convent
Body > Gestures
57. Very harmonious sacred hymns
Voice
58. Monk Serafino Susceni was engaged in casting bells
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campane
59. Howls of the jackal
Animal > Jackal
60. Emir's entrance without musical accompaniment
Other tool > Artillery
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Trombe
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"
61. Monk rings the bell if you open the door of the convent
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campanella
62. Birdsong brightening the atmosphere
Animal > Birds
63. The dances of the Sacred Fire function
Dance
Voice
64. Zaġrūṭa of women also told by Herodotus, Homer, and Virgil
Voice > Woman
65. An Italian harpsichord master in Cairo
Instrument > 314 Board Zithers > Clavicembalo
66. Dancers painted in the pyramid of Khafre
Dance
67. The honors usually given to the Bey
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
Other tool > Çavuş
68. Quote from Diodorus' description of the ancient Egyptians
Instrument
Dance
69. Nedi's boys' night school
Voice > Child
Voice
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"
70. Music at the palace from Mahu Bey
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Chitarra
Voice > Man
71. The bellowing of thunder
Natural > Thunder
72. Another bellow of thunder
Natural > Thunder
73. A big "tintimara" to figure out where they were
Voice
74. The croaking of the frogs in the village of Zaidab
Animal > Frogs
75. The bellowing of hippos
Animal > Hippos
76. The noise of the thunderstorm
Natural > Thunder
77. The screams of a funeral
Voice > Woman
78. The quality of Arabic song lyrics
Voice
79. Dances with indecent movements
Dance > Dance of women
80. Oriental and Egyptian songs celebrate the night
Voice
81. Song, music and dance of Arabs and Turks in comparison
Dance > Sword dance
Voice
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Delluca"
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Nogara"
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Sufàr"
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Zumarra"
Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Rabàba"
Dance > Dance of women
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Nacchere
Body > Clap of hands
82. The noises emitted by two monkeys
Animal > Monkeys
83. Dog noises that attract crocodiles
Animal > Dogs
Animal > Crocodiles
84. The outbreak of a thunderstorm and lightning strikes
Natural > Thunder
85. A worm compared to the fourth string of the violin
Animal > Ferentit
86. The speaking in whispers during hearings
Voice > Man
87. The shouts of the auctioneers
Voice > Man
88. The thunder in the distance
Natural > Thunder
89. Screams of witches and warlocks turned into animals
Animal > More animals
Animal > Hyena
90. Three verbs from the Ababdi Arabic dictionary
Voice
Dance
91. Badìa reads aloud a piece of the Koran
Voice
92. The cries of a child who has lost his mother
Voice > Child
93. A particular language that is spoken in Dongola
Voice
94. Listen to understand the rules of pronunciation
Voice
95. Some terms from the Dongola language dictionary
Voice
Dance
96. The hyena verse said by "marafin"
Animal > Hyena
97. Pilgrims on their way to Mecca sing to the sound of a drummer
Voice
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"
98. The comparison between the hyena of Khartoum and the Sennaar
Animal > Hyena
99. The role of the arts in religious ceremonies
Dance
Instrument
100. Nubah movements of the Sennaar infantry
Dance > Acrobatics
Other tool > Shield
101. The role of music in the war
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Nogarà"
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Corni di gazzella
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Dinghil"
102. Poets, poetry and singers
Voice > Man
Voice > Woman
Other tool > Lituo
103. Song, music and dance of Arabs and Turks in comparison
Voice
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Lira
Dance > Sword dance
Dance > Dance of women
104. Birds sing in the woods
Animal > Birds
105. Dancing and singing at a wedding party
Dance
Voice
106. A drummer dies in the war
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburo
107. A surgeon's method of suturing thanks to the cries of a cat
Animal > Cat
108. The shackles of the miller crickets at night
Animal > Crickets
109. Using sound to understand coin composition
Other tool > Money
110. The owl's cry as a bad omen
Animal > Owl
111. The rooster's cry in the forest of Queen Senninar
Animal > Rooster
112. Music at night during Ramadan
Voice
Instrument
113. The Sirocco fades the voice
Voice
Natural > Sirocco Wind
114. The sound of the hawk's cry from the minarets
Animal > Hawk
115. Small dictionary of the language of the dialect of Mahs
Voice
Dance
116. A bird quarrels with fellow birds over a place
Animal > Bird
117. The song of a shrill cicada
Animal > Cicada
118. Why does the music of Africans sound like that?
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Timpano
Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flauto
Instrument > 321 Lutes > Lira
Voice
Body > Clap of hands
Second travel of Amalia Sola Nizzoli
74 sounds
1. Comedy told by uncle
Voice
2. Night at the harbor of Naples
Instrument
Natural > Waves
3. The noise of Cairo
Noise > City
4. Voices and sound of kettledrums from the minarets
Voice > Man
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Timpani
5. Women in harem
Dance
6. The moment of prayer in the harem
Voice > Man
7. The voice of prayer
Voice > Man
8. Singing and dancing as a pastime of women
Dance > Dance of women
Voice > Woman
9. Music and dancers to please the groom
Instrument
Dance > Dance of women
10. Singers and dancers entertain guests
Voice > Woman
Dance > Dance of women
11. Wedding party amid singing and dancing
Voice > Woman
Dance > Dance of women
12. Shouts outside the room
Voice > Woman
Body > Clap of hands
13. Singing and dancing at the thermal baths
Voice
Dance
14. The morning after Rossane's wedding
Voice
Dance > Dance of women
15. Musicians and dancers at Rossane's wedding party
Voice > Woman
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Nacchere
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Cembalo"
Dance > Dance of women
16. Music and attention to dancers
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Nacchere
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Trombette"
Dance > Dance of women
Voice > Woman
Instrument
17. Dance with "castagnette"
Dance > Dance of women
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Castagnette"
Voice
18. Women's revolt over the payment of a tax
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
Body > Clap of hands
Voice > Woman
19. Music to complete a day
Instrument
20. Music during the journey
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Timpani
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Nacchere
Voice > Man
21. Arab musical bands instructed by European professors
Instrument
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Trombe
22. The bell around the neck of the camel going to Mecca
Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campanello
23. Musicians in the procession of the sacred carpet
Instrument
24. Camels with Arab musicians in the sacred procession
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Timpani
Instrument
25. Music during the Nile flood
Instrument
26. Players tread the waters of the river
Instrument
27. Song and dance in the Nile flood festival
Voice > Man
Voice > Woman
Body > Clap of hands
Noise > City
28. Flood rite at the Nile river
Dance > Dance of women
Voice
Instrument
29. Music accompanies the Governor at the end of the celebration
Instrument
30. Dancers during the Nile cutting ceremony
Dance > Dance of women
31. Women's grief at a funeral
Voice > Woman
Body > Clap of hands
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"
32. Anniversary of the death of a deceased
Voice > Woman
Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburino
33. The clarinet manufacturer
Instrument > 422.2 Oboes > Clarinetti
34. The sticks with the bells of the Çavuş
Other tool > Çavuş
35. The use of the sea trumpet
Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Tromba marina
Natural > Waves
Natural > Wind
36. A party with music near Smyrna
Instrument
Natural > Sea
Dance