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Reel no. Oba Koso; OK-1 April 30, 1965, n.d.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- 21. Oba Koso (1965)
- Darius Thieme Collection
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- n.d.
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2019.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- Summary:
- Description: Scope/Content: Oba Koso-Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos; Scene 1 & 2Description: Characters - Sango, Wife, Gbonka, TimiEssential Plot . Two generals - feuding, desiring war. Timi sent off to war with the Ijeshas. He wins and establishes Ede. Gbonka sent to subdue him, in hopes he'll get bumped off. Gbonka wins. Comes back a hero, gains favor.. Sango despairs - what to do?. Wife advises new fight in Oyo in market. Sango orders new fight. Gbonka goes to forest spirit for stronger medicine. Fight - Gbonka wins. People rally to Gbonka. Sango despairs suicideEuropean influences. Leitmotif - Sango, Counselors, Timi. Scenes - scenery, lighting, costume, "orchestrated" music, written storyInstruments. Dundun band. Bata drums (for Sango). Igbin (at announcement moments). Gbonka's fluteMisc. Bamboo flutes (Piper's Guild, Pipe Maker's Guild, Union Settlement House).
- Participant:
- Contributors: Darius Louis Thieme.
- Notes:
- Item number: 2005.09_088.
- Includes updated metadata from Jesse Ruskin.About 5 mins. of extra tape at the end. Conserv. note: Digitized 2012-10-22 at 24bit/96khz. Staff note: Hand written liner notes included.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on 17 January, 2022).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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