- Title
- Meria
- Creator
- Ebogoma Gabriel
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk songs, Mangbetu
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
- Date Issued
- 1952
- Date
- 1952
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166833
- Identifier
- vital:41409
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR0120-10
- Description
- An attractive little falsetto song to a rippling accompaniment typical of the instrument. The tuning of the Neikembe was:- 640, 592, 528, 480, 432, 396, 360, 320, 264, 216 vs. The player was given a "Highly Commended" prize in the 1952 Osborn Awards for the best African musician of the year. Topical song with Neikembe likembe.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:25
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Mangbetu
- Rights
- International Library of African Music
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Ceative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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