Chants myènè = Myènè songs.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Le Bomin, Sylvie, writer of accompanying material.

Bikoma, Florence, writer of accompanying material.

Pepper, Herbert, 1912-2001.

Series:

Gabon (Radio-France)

Gabon

Language:

Bantu (Other)

English

French

Subjects (All):

Folk songs, Myene--Gabon.

Folk songs, Myene.

Chants--Gabon.

Chants.

Folk dance music--Gabon.

Folk dance music.

Myene (African people)--Gabon--Music.

Myene (African people).

Games with music.

Field recordings--Gabon.

Field recordings.

Gabon.

Genre:

Music.

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Myènè songs

Place of Publication:

Paris : Ocora Radio France ; [Arles] : Harmonia Mundi [distributor], [2005]

Language Note:

Sung in Myene.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Contents:

Ivanga dances: Ivanga Gho nganda ya = Ivanga is going to be presented to the public (:51) ; Ye mame Añange w'atomino = O! mother, Añange have been invited (2:00) ; Olele yeni we gha ngondè (3:17) ; Azwè pila gho Mandji = We are on the way back from Port-Gentil (1:42) (Claudine Ziza and Angélique Onanga, soloists)

Two Bwiti Dissumba cult chants (Barthélémy Tchandi, nwombi and voice) (4:16, 4:04)

Cult chants of the Agombénéro (2:14)

The apprenticeship of an Nkomi song (Augustine Mborou, soloist and Priscilla Ngwanga, apprentice) (1:12)

Three Ndjembe chants (Augustine Mborou and Bernadette "Mummy Nini" Ngowa, soloists) (1:54, 2:59, 1:55)

Three Bwiti Dissumba cult chants (Delasso, nwombi and voice) (8:46, 2:52, 4:14)

Two Kondjo chants (Delasso, nwombi and voice) (3:53, 2:59)

Two Mbumba chants (Bernadette Etombi, initiation leader) (4:09, 2:51)

Ekunda dance (1:31)

Eight guessing-games (1:59)

Cult chant for twins (Marie-Augustine Nganga, soloist) (0:42)

Ologo cult chant (Christine Ngwéré, soloist) (:52)

Okuyi cult chant (3:26)

Soulevé (upbeat) dance (3:02).

Notes:

Folk and popular dance songs, chants, and children's games of Myènè peoples self-identifying as Orungu, Nkomi, and Galwa, accompanied by ebandjuna and etimba (drums), obaka (triangle), nwombi (harp), tchege, accordion, and other instruments.

Recordings made by Herbert Pepper in Lambaréné, Sept., 1954 and June 1961; and by Sylvie Le Bomin in Port-Gentil and the villages of Amendjé, Gongwé, Nombéduma, Odimba, and Ongendjo, Feb.-May, 2005.

Also issued as a compact disc (C 560205) to accompany: Musiques myène, de Port-Gentil à Lambaréné / Sylvie Le Bomin and Florence Bikoma.

Compact disc.

Historical, ethnological, and program notes in French by Sylvie Le Bomin and Florence Bikoma with English translation and texts in English and French translation (28 p. : ill., map) inserted in container.

OCLC:

65580651

Publisher Number:

794881794423

C 560204 Ocora Radio France