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Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies.

LIBRA Bären. 2303
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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

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