Chelitakl: Ongeatel Tekoi er a Belau er a Angaramong / Frühe Tonbandaufnahmen aus Palau / Early Reel-to-Reel Recordings from Palau/Sound Memories of Past Palau: Music in Belau 1965-1966/15 Favorite Japanese-Influenced Palauan Songs / Derrebechesiil

The twenty tracks comprise both sung and recited musical genres and dance performances, and include the matematóng (marching dance) that conveys past colonial influences, a rare recording of the ngaok (bamboo flute), and a Palauan rendition of the Hawaiian song "Aloha Oe" with Palauan lyrics. The collection includes an introductory note by Olympia E. Morei, Director of the Belau National Museum (which holds digital copies of the full set of Palauan recordings), explanatory remarks by Barbara B. Smith, photographs from 1963, and detailed commentary on the musical examples, genres, and history of the music by Birgit Abels, using information gathered from Smith's detailed 1963 field notes. Brian is a co-author of Music in Pacific Island Cultures (Oxford University Press, 2011) and he currently serves as chair of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania.