Ethiopia : three chordophone traditions = Éthiopie : trois traditions de cordophones.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Smithsonian Global Sound.

Anthology of African music

Language:

Amharic

English

French

Subjects (All):

Music--Ethiopia.

Music.

Folk songs, Amharic.

Ethiopia.

Folk songs, Amharic--Ethiopia.

Genre:

Folk music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 minutes).

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Audivis-UNESCO, 1999.

Language Note:

Sung principally in Amharic, with one song each in Tigrinya, Oromo, and Tigré.

Contents:

Sǝlamta = The creation (2:53)

Fäbälähala = From earth you came, from earth you shall return (2:41)

Abba gran motä = Death of the left-handed (5:31)

Mädägäna zäläsana bätbaze = About the futility of life (4:32)

Instrumental melody (1:48)

Tälafino gomdär (3:53)

Tǝne ǝko = I am yours and you are mine (6:00)

Ambasǝl (6:21)

Sǝläla : (war song) (3:56)

Gämay ǝnǝy = Come little girl and chat with me (4:26)

Waya lulǝho (5:04)

Samni = Kiss me (5:18).

Notes:

Includes PDF of liner notes in English with French translation.

Streaming audio files.

Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).

Recorded in 1972 in Addis Ababa.

Other Format:

Original cat. no.: UNES08074

OCLC:

950026181

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.