Siamang, Malaysia, 1969 - David J Chivers: Primate Recordings - Special Collection · Aggregated Site

Edited Title

Siamang, Malaysia, 1969 - David J Chivers: Primate Recordings - Special Collection

Archivist's Original Title

Siamang, Malaysia, 1969 - David J Chivers: Primate Recordings - Special Collection

Original description

The British Library Sound Archive holds a special collection of unedited field recordings of the Siamang, a species of gibbon, made in Malaysia in 1969 by David J Chivers. The recordings were made using a Uher tape recorder at multiple speeds and have been digitized as part of the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project, funded by the National Lottery. The recordings and corresponding notes were made as part of research work and published findings can be found in various papers. Copies of the field recording notes and correspondence are kept within the Wildlife Section of the British Library Sound Archive.

Time duration

0:50:05

MetadataURL

http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?fn=search&ct=search&initialSearch=true&mode=Basic&tab=local_tab&indx=1&dum=true&srt=rank&vid=BLVU1&frbg=&tb=t&vl%28freeText0%29=WS7645+S2+C1&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&vl%28488279563UI0%29=any&vl%28488279563UI0%29=title&vl%28488279563UI0%29=any

Recording date of the original material

1969-11-16

Acquisition Date

31729

Country Name

Malaysia

Recording place

Temerloh, Pahang

Gombak

Penang

Malaysia

Resource Language

English

Performer/Speaker

David Chivers

Tags, Keywords

Siamang

Malaysia

David J Chivers

Primate Recordings

Temerloh

Pahang

Gombak

Selangor

Penang

Hylobatidae

Gibbon

Mammals

Songs

Calls

Nature

Environment

Archivist Category

Soundscape (rural)

Recording context

Radio Programme

Name of original Collection

David J Chivers: Primate Recordings - Special Collection

Holding Institution of Original Materials

British Library

Licensing Institution

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Accessing Institutions

British Library

Copyright Information

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Physical format

Magnetic tape

Original item number

WS7645 S2 C1

SEAH Identifier

BBC00048

Broadcast Topic

Culture

Description

Subject: Symphalangus syndactylus : Siamang - Hylobatidae Description: Species heading: Symphalangus syndactylus : Siamang - Hylobatidae Original species: Siamang, Presbytis melalophos [Presbytis femoralis], Presbytis obscura [Trachypithecus obscurus], Macaca irus [Macaca fascicularis], Gibbon sp. Unedited field recordings. Copies of field recording notes which describe tape contents together with correspondence pertaining to the collection are kept within British Library Sound Archive Wildlife Section. Mammals Songs or Calls Nature and Environment. Format: 1 tape reel 18 cm, half track mono Original or copy: 1st generation. Recordist's reference: Tape 20 Side B. Package. Wildlife Tape Library Field recording equi: Uher tape recorder, multiple speeds: 19 cm/sec and 9.5 cm/sec Digitised by: Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH), funded by the National Lottery. British Library. 2017-2022 Documentation: photocopies of field recording notebook which describes tape contents together with correspondence pertaining to the collection are kept within Wildlife Section Purpose of recording: the recordings and notes were made as part of research work and published findings can be found in following papers: - Int Jl. Primatology 7:183, Folia Primatologica 10:48-102, Behaviour 57:116-135 Primatology 4:1-335

Alternate date

1969-11-16 to 1969-12-01

encodingFormat

Yes

Item sets

Sound Archive of BBC South East Asian Broadcasts

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