Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Arom, Simha.

Dournon, Geneviève.

Series:

Unesco collection

Anthology of African music ; 3.

An anthology of African music ; 3

Language:

English

French

German

Niger-Kordofanian (Other)

Subjects (All):

Benjelle (African people)--Central African Republic--Music.

Folk music--Central African Republic.

Folk songs, Benjelle--Central African Republic.

Folk music.

Benjelle (African people).

Music.

Central African Republic.

Ethnic music recordings--Central African Republic.

Ethnic music recordings, Benjelle--Central African Republic.

Local Subjects:

Ethnic music recordings--Central African Republic.

Ethnic music recordings, Benjelle--Central African Republic.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.

12 in.

Other Title:

Ba-Benzélé Pygmies.

Place of Publication:

Kassel : Bärenreiter Musicaphon, [between 1965 and 1970?]

System Details:

analog

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

Contents:

Hindewhu (whistle) solo

Song of rejoicing after returning from a hunt : rhythm, djoboko

Nbu : lament

Kongo asséka : music for dancing at a wake

Lullabies

Ngoma : invocatory song before a hunt : rhythm, muya

é Yimba é : song preceding the departure of the hunters : rhythm, muya

Music for entertainment : rhythm, bondo

First story, Mbombokwe, the wood-pecker

Second story, The wondo player

Third story, The fruit eater

Fourth story, Sokopina : (the tree with red fruit)

Fifth story, Lenkokodi.

Participant:

Performed by native musicians.

Notes:

Title on container: Ba-Benzélé Pygmies.

Edited for the International Music Council by the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation.

Recorded in the field in 1965 by Simkha Arom in collaboration with Geneviève Taurelle.

Program notes by Arom and Taurelle in English, French, and German ([21] p. : ill.) on and bound in container.

OCLC:

25082397

Publisher Number:

BM 30 L 2303 Bärenreiter Musicaphon