Ocora

Ocora is a French record label specializing in field recordings of world music. It was founded in 1957 by composer, pianist and musicologist Charles Duvelle, alongside musician Pierre Schaeffer.[1] Ocora is part of Radio France.

Ocora also is a word from the language of the Timucuan people who once inhabited Florida USA, meaning "place of gathering."

Notes

  1. ↑ Jeune Afrique L'intelligent. Edited and published by Groupe Jeune Afrique, 2000, p. 106 (available in snippet view on Google Books: see
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