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Xhosa dance band music.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Smithsonian Global Sound.
- Language:
- Xhosa
- Subjects (All):
- Xhosa (African people)--Music.
- Xhosa (African people).
- Folk dance music--South Africa--Grahamstown.
- Folk dance music.
- Genre:
- Folk dance music.
- Field recordings.
- Music.
- Sound recordings.
- Folk music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (19 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957.
- Language Note:
- Sung in Xhosa.
- Summary:
- These dance-band pieces were recorded by Hugh Tracey in Grahamstown District, South Africa, in 1957. The music includes saxophone, electric guitar, drums, bass, and vocal harmonizing (Tracey 1973).
- Contents:
- Isicatula
- Impazamo
- Yombela
- Themb'sie
- Babalasi
- Benoni.
- Participant:
- Various performers.
- Notes:
- Streaming audio files.
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
- Recorded in 1957 in Grahamstown District, South Africa.
- Other Format:
- Original cat. no.: ILAMTR027
- OCLC:
- 950026219
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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