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Reeds (Mbira) / [recorded] by Hugh Tracey.

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Tracey, Hugh, compiler.
International Library of African Music.
Series:
Music of Africa series (International Library of African Music) ; 28.
Music of Africa series ; 28
Language:
English
Undetermined
Subjects (All):
Woodwind instruments--Africa, Central.
Woodwind instruments.
Woodwind instruments--Africa, Southern.
Songs--Africa, Central.
Songs.
Songs--Africa, Southern.
Musical instruments--Africa, Central.
Musical instruments.
Musical instruments--Africa, Southern.
Folk music--Africa, Central.
Folk music.
Folk music--Africa, Southern.
Southern Africa.
Central Africa.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Folk music.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Title on container: Musical instruments 2, Mbira
Mbira
Place of Publication:
Grahamstown, South Africa : International Library of African Music, [between 2000 and 2009?]
System Details:
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
digital recording
Contents:
Pentatonic instruments. Nyoro = Careful father (1:26) ; Maganga kalila zanswelo = Maganga wishes you luck (1:06) ; Dyibwe dyambule kabanda = Ant carries a load (1:28) ; Ndiri (1:30) Kiriyo = Woman is wonderful (2:10)
Hexatonic instruments. Detyetye kusheka = To laugh (3:40) ; Hondoro = Soul (1:21) ; Meki, ye Mei woye = Meki has lost something (2:49) ; Mwadziitira = He did it himself (1:37) ; Kemai (1:29)
Heptatpnic instruments. Bata wasunga mulundu (1:54) ; Harusi = Wedding tune (1:24) ; Bidera (1:24) ; Magonde = Song for the chief (1:41) ; Gororombe yawakuru = Gororombe dance of the elders (1:33) ; Sitima senda namoto = Train goes with fire (2:29) ; Tambuka nalikishi = Mask dance (1:55) ; Muzeze = Prisoner, dance the muzeze! (1:59) ; Nemangolia (1:17) ; Dzoli (1:46).
Participant:
Songs, accompanied by various reed instruments, performed by musicians in Central and Southern Africa.
Notes:
All material previously released.
Compact disc.
Program notes ([8] p.) inserted in container.
OCLC:
52785713
Publisher Number:
CDMOA28 International Library of African Music

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