Arandic

Arandic Language family of the Central Australian desert, comprised of the languages Arrernte, Alyawarr, Anmatyerr and Kaytetye. More is known about the traditional music of Arandic people than other groups: Sir Baldwin Spencer recorded Arandic music on wax cylinders in 1901; anthropologist Harold Davies recorded music from the Alice Springs and Oodnadatta region in 1926–29; and detailed notes and recordings of ceremonial and sacred Arandic music were made by T.G.H. Strehlow in 1949–60…