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Forest music : Congo : northern Belgian Congo, 1952.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 03068
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Historical recordings (Stichting Sharp Wood Productions (Sound recording label))
- Music as an endangered species
- Historical recordings / by Hugh Tracey
- Language:
- English
- Nilo-Saharan (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Music.
- Lokele (African people).
- Lendu (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people).
- Alur (African people).
- Ababua (African people).
- Zande (African people).
- Mangbetu (African people).
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Songs, Lendu--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Songs, Lendu.
- Mangbetu (African people)--Music.
- Zande (African people)--Music.
- Ababua (African people)--Music.
- Alur (African people)--Music.
- Lendu (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)--Music.
- Lokele (African people)--Music.
- Genre:
- Music.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Northern Belgian Congo
- Congo
- Subtitle on container: Mayogo, Meje, Azande, Bobwa, Alur, Balendu, Lokele
- Place of Publication:
- Utrecht, The Netherlands : [Stichting Sharp Wood] : SWP Records ; Grahamstown, South Africa : International Library of African Music, [2000]
- Language Note:
- Sung in various African languages including Sudanic, Meje dialect, Niger-Congo languages, and Lendu.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- mono
- digital recording
- Contents:
- Mayogo. Congo bereji (3:17) ; Gbada (2:59) ; Masi asibi mbaya (2:50) ; Agapa (1:23) ; Three girls' party songs (2:56)
- Meje. Adomba (2:59) ; Nadu (2:49) ; Nemangolia (1:13) ; Meria (1:28) ; Dzoli (1:44) ; Andanyero mamamba (3:08) ; Nakatiye (2:54)
- Azande. Gibolo (3:12) ; Gitari na congo (2:45) ; Midebina vungu kwato (3:05) ; Zilo (2:53)
- Bobwa. Amana mi adu nangweti lebobo (2:37)
- Alur. Ndiri (3:00)
- Belendu. Taragina (1:37) ; Abu madzada (1:22) ; Mali ta kangana (1:39)
- Lokele. Talking drums of the upper congo (12:46).
- Participant:
- Various native performers.
- Notes:
- SWP Records: SWP 016 (on container: SWP 016/HT 010).
- Mangbetu drum ensemble music, mass singing and likembe music; Azande xylophone and kundi harp music; Alur likembe music; Balendu harp music; and Lokele drum messages.
- Field recordings made by Hugh Tracey in 1952 at Mayogo Mabozo, Congo (1st-5th works), Medje, Congo (6th-12th works), Nguru village, near Buta, Congo (13th and 16th works), Buta, Congo (14th--15th, 17th works), Mahagi district, Congo (18th work), Djugu district, Congo (19th-21st works), and Yakusu, Congo (22nd work).
- Compact disc.
- Program notes in English by Andrew Tracey ([20] p. : ill., map) inserted in container.
- Original field recordings are housed in The archive of Hugh Tracey at the International Library of African Music (ILAM), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
- Previously released material; this CD is a selection from Hugh Tracey's Music of Africa series of 210 LPs, issued between 1954 and 1977.
- OCLC:
- 52865670
- Publisher Number:
- SWP 016 Stichting Sharp Wood
- SWP 016/HT 010 Stichting Sharp Wood
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