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Harusi I

- Ngayamiso Kitunga, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ngayamiso Kitunga , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172914 , vital:42295 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-01
  • Description: Tunes played at weddings. The instrument was new and the notes not well hammered so the tone of the instrument was not as good as it might have been. Nevertheless the music is attractive. The tuning from left to right was:- 448, 372, 320, 244, 208, 168, 122, 244, 284, 336, 372, 416, 488 giving a heptatonic scale of:- 488, 448, 416, 372, 336, 320, 284, 244 vs. These items were recorded at Itetemia, the village of Chief N. S. Fundikira. Wedding tune, with Malimba Likembe.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Harusi II

- Ngayamiso Kitunga, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ngayamiso Kitunga , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172923 , vital:42296 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-02
  • Description: Tunes played at weddings. The instrument was new and the notes not well hammered so the tone of the instrument was not as good as it might have been. Nevertheless the music is attractive. The tuning from left to right was:- 448, 372, 320, 244, 208, 168, 122, 244, 284, 336, 372, 416, 488 giving a heptatonic scale of:- 488, 448, 416, 372, 336, 320, 284, 244 vs. These items were recorded at Itetemia, the village of Chief N. S. Fundikira. Wedding tune, with Malimba Likembe.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Manyanga drum rhythms I

- Husuni Isike, Salumu Athman, Ramadhani Khuluwa, Hugh Tracey

Manyanga drum rhythms II

- Husuni Isike, Salumu Athman, Ramadhani Khuluwa, Hugh Tracey

Sauti za Malimba I

- Ngayamiso Kitunga, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ngayamiso Kitunga , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172928 , vital:42297 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-03
  • Description: Tunes played at weddings. The instrument was new and the notes not well hammered so the tone of the instrument was not as good as it might have been. Nevertheless the music is attractive. The tuning from left to right was:- 448, 372, 320, 244, 208, 168, 122, 244, 284, 336, 372, 416, 488 giving a heptatonic scale of:- 488, 448, 416, 372, 336, 320, 284, 244 vs. These items were recorded at Itetemia, the village of Chief N. S. Fundikira. Wedding tune, with Malimba Likembe.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Sauti za Malimba II

- Ngayamiso Kitunga, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ngayamiso Kitunga , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172933 , vital:42298 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-04
  • Description: Tunes played at weddings. The instrument was new and the notes not well hammered so the tone of the instrument was not as good as it might have been. Nevertheless the music is attractive. The tuning from left to right was:- 448, 372, 320, 244, 208, 168, 122, 244, 284, 336, 372, 416, 488 giving a heptatonic scale of:- 488, 448, 416, 372, 336, 320, 284, 244 vs. These items were recorded at Itetemia, the village of Chief N. S. Fundikira. Wedding tune, with Malimba Likembe.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Sinyenye mama

- Mukhunganilwa with Nyamwezi women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mukhunganilwa with Nyamwezi women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172970 , vital:42303 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-07
  • Description: "When it became clear that my friend had no drums, I went to her to tell her that we had drums." In this area most of the domestic work in European houses is done by men, familiarly called 'boy'. The woman mentioned in the song became a domestic servant, but, the song says, she repented her decision and preferred to get married and have a home of her own. The connection between this song and the divination of the old woman who sanf it is not clear. Migabo is said to be the name of a group of older people, mostly women, who believe in the power of divination to assist their friends and relatives. Migabo divination songs, with 3 conical laced drums, and 4 gourd rattles (-12.54-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Tulaongela heya

- Kasomangila Husen Ishla, Hugh Tracey

Usambo wakasenga

- Masudi Bini Amam with Nyamwezi men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Masudi Bini Amam with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173018 , vital:42312 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-11
  • Description: A song congratulating the Chief Fundikira on his method of stopping thieving in the country. He made wide areas collectively responsible for finding the thief. Thieving had become so bad, both from houses and from standing crops, that it called for drastic treatment. It appears that in the end all persons who had in the past been convicted of theiving were collected together and warned by the chief that every time there was a burglary they would all have to come to his headquaters and account for themselves. The sonstant journeys to the chief which this entailed had its effect and the known thieves volunteered to end the crime wave. This they did effectively and thus Chief Fundikira proved the virtue of the saying "Set a thief to catch a thief." Topical song, with 3 conical drums, 2 played with sticks and 1 with hands.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Uyo mayo kuwa boyi

- Mukhunganilwa with Nyamwezi women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mukhunganilwa with Nyamwezi women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172975 , vital:42305 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-08
  • Description: "The woman worked as a 'boy'." In this area most of the domestic work in European houses is done by men, familiarly called 'boy'. The woman mentioned in the song became a domestic servant, but, the song says, she repented her decision and preferred to get married and have a home of her own. The connection between this song and the divination of the old woman who sanf it is not clear. Migabo is said to be the name of a group of older people, mostly women, who believe in the power of divination to assist their friends and relatives. Migabo divination songs, with 3 conical laced drums, and 4 gourd rattles (-12.54-).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Wapezia wamabela

- Mugabe Bin Maganga with Nyamwezi men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mugabe Bin Maganga with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173110 , vital:42332 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR149-01
  • Description: The three large drums were slung from a crossbar and were played by three drummers with sticks. The third player, the one who played the deepest noted drum would also hit the edge of his drum, whose membrane measured 32" across. The drummers said that there were two kinds of rhythm or styles of playing these large drums. The one called Lugaya was for welcoming important guests and the other Igubule was for honouring the chief. The overall sizes of these drums were:- 1. 32" diam. membrane, 4' 1" tall. 2. 22 1/2" diam. membrane, 3' 7" tall. 3. 17 3/4" diam. membrane, 2' 11" tall. Igubule greeting song for a chief, 3 Lugaya conical drums.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950
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