Kantende maninga
- 8 Luba men with Nyundu Gabriel (flute), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: 8 Luba men with Nyundu Gabriel (flute) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137695 , vital:37551 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR039-04
- Description: "Aminai, munasei, aminai." This somewhat unusual piece of music has a single ground provided by the Kisanzhi (mbira) with an interesting flute obligato followed by a simple sung line of "Aminai, munasei, aminai." Praise song for a Chief with 1 chisanzhi mbira, 1 side-blown dilele munenge tranverse flute, a voiced note and tapped wood.
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- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: 8 Luba men with Nyundu Gabriel (flute) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137695 , vital:37551 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR039-04
- Description: "Aminai, munasei, aminai." This somewhat unusual piece of music has a single ground provided by the Kisanzhi (mbira) with an interesting flute obligato followed by a simple sung line of "Aminai, munasei, aminai." Praise song for a Chief with 1 chisanzhi mbira, 1 side-blown dilele munenge tranverse flute, a voiced note and tapped wood.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Test I on rhythms of children's songs
- Freddie Matodzi from Lambani, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Freddie Matodzi from Lambani , Performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:70277 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT16-KV7-KV3D2
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Freddie Matodzi from Lambani , Performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:70277 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT16-KV7-KV3D2
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
O Mama Lina, kuvimba mwaro (Mama Lina, let's sing)
- Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137148 , vital:37492 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-07
- Description: The 3 drums enter one after the other with the voices following. As usual it is the deepest toned drum Iyashina which plays most of the syncopation. The dance tunes of the Luvale people are severely stylized and this item is typical of its class. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums. (Yasango, Mukundu and Iyashina).
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- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137148 , vital:37492 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-07
- Description: The 3 drums enter one after the other with the voices following. As usual it is the deepest toned drum Iyashina which plays most of the syncopation. The dance tunes of the Luvale people are severely stylized and this item is typical of its class. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums. (Yasango, Mukundu and Iyashina).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ahume bangu okonda kuyenda njinga nityale (My husband likes to roam)
- Group of 12 Ngoni women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 12 Ngoni women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk songs , Songs, Nyanja , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Africa Zambia Fort Jameson f-za
- Language: Nyanja , Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137455 , vital:37526 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR038-02
- Description: "My husband likes to roam, so I shall break his bicycle." These women were Ngoni, but singing in Nsenga the language of their forebears. The singing of the Ngoni is especially interesting for the fact that they sing in 2 distinct styles, that of the Zulu (Ngoni), their father's tribe and that of their mother's tribes who were conquered by the Ngoni. Both strains are still clearly defined after nearly a century of integration. Women's party dance song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of 12 Ngoni women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk songs , Songs, Nyanja , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Africa Zambia Fort Jameson f-za
- Language: Nyanja , Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137455 , vital:37526 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR038-02
- Description: "My husband likes to roam, so I shall break his bicycle." These women were Ngoni, but singing in Nsenga the language of their forebears. The singing of the Ngoni is especially interesting for the fact that they sing in 2 distinct styles, that of the Zulu (Ngoni), their father's tribe and that of their mother's tribes who were conquered by the Ngoni. Both strains are still clearly defined after nearly a century of integration. Women's party dance song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Muganda we Chitonga Banda (The drum of the Tonga Banda)
- Group of 16 Tonga men and boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 16 Tonga men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137369 , vital:37517 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-08
- Description: The leader is Joni Phiri. "Haye Mwazadi mwanozga." "You have done well to come." The Malipenga dance of the Tonga and other tribes of north central Nyasaland was originated, they say, in military drill where it imitates. With African genius for converting what is normally a drudgery into a game, these Tonga made barrack square drilling into a form of enjoyable dance, with opportunities for all to shine in the grace of their movements. The instruments of the mirliton buzzers so that anyone who can sing a Tonga tune can equally well participate in the Malipenga band. Short gourds or horns are used for the higher pitched voices and longer for the bases. 4 Movements of the Malipenga dance, the first 2 with Chandi and Muganda drums, with 12 singing horns (calabash), 1 bass drum laced, cylindrical with 2 beaters.
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- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of 16 Tonga men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137369 , vital:37517 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-08
- Description: The leader is Joni Phiri. "Haye Mwazadi mwanozga." "You have done well to come." The Malipenga dance of the Tonga and other tribes of north central Nyasaland was originated, they say, in military drill where it imitates. With African genius for converting what is normally a drudgery into a game, these Tonga made barrack square drilling into a form of enjoyable dance, with opportunities for all to shine in the grace of their movements. The instruments of the mirliton buzzers so that anyone who can sing a Tonga tune can equally well participate in the Malipenga band. Short gourds or horns are used for the higher pitched voices and longer for the bases. 4 Movements of the Malipenga dance, the first 2 with Chandi and Muganda drums, with 12 singing horns (calabash), 1 bass drum laced, cylindrical with 2 beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Eya mulanda kankola kami (I like my girl)
- Group of 6 Lunda men. Leader: Conguboyi Ntambo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 6 Lunda men. Leader: Conguboyi Ntambo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilungu f-za
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139319 , vital:37726 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0047-10
- Description: "If a man has a girl he loves and she has gone away, he must sing this song in order to remember her.". Sikinta party dance song with 2 struck bottles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of 6 Lunda men. Leader: Conguboyi Ntambo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilungu f-za
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139319 , vital:37726 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0047-10
- Description: "If a man has a girl he loves and she has gone away, he must sing this song in order to remember her.". Sikinta party dance song with 2 struck bottles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mama (Mother)
- Group of Mpondo men and 3 girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Mpondo men and 3 girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136533 , vital:37388 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR032-01
- Description: The singers were dancing in a circle in closely packed formation and each singing into a cupped hand which was slightly vibrated to and fro, to produce a vibrato effect. Gubura dance for young men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Mpondo men and 3 girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136533 , vital:37388 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR032-01
- Description: The singers were dancing in a circle in closely packed formation and each singing into a cupped hand which was slightly vibrated to and fro, to produce a vibrato effect. Gubura dance for young men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mahobahobo (The weaver-bird)
- Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Willowvale f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136082 , vital:37335 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR028-05
- Description: The women listened very intently to the playback of their song and laughed when the baby's voice was heard in the recording. Self-delectative song with Hadi musical bow, unbraced, open and resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Willowvale f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136082 , vital:37335 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR028-05
- Description: The women listened very intently to the playback of their song and laughed when the baby's voice was heard in the recording. Self-delectative song with Hadi musical bow, unbraced, open and resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Yavela i motokari (Here comes the motor car)
- Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Willowvale f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136100 , vital:37338 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR028-05
- Description: The women listened very intently to the playback of their song and laughed when the baby's voice was heard in the recording. Self-delectative song with Hadi musical bow, unbraced, open and resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Willowvale f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136100 , vital:37338 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR028-05
- Description: The women listened very intently to the playback of their song and laughed when the baby's voice was heard in the recording. Self-delectative song with Hadi musical bow, unbraced, open and resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Jive- July Handicap
- Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa city not specified f-sa
- Language: Language not specified
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/396262 , vital:69163 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM01-04-GB2939b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa city not specified f-sa
- Language: Language not specified
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/396262 , vital:69163 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM01-04-GB2939b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tulila menda (We are crying for rain)
- Tonga women led by Maria Musange, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Tonga women led by Maria Musange , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138062 , vital:37589 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR041-10
- Description: The Chief stood behind the leader and spoke over her shoulder. The clapping is complex. This song, they said. was one of those sung by women to help bring the rain at the beginning of the summer season in October, November and December. Rain song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Tonga women led by Maria Musange , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138062 , vital:37589 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR041-10
- Description: The Chief stood behind the leader and spoke over her shoulder. The clapping is complex. This song, they said. was one of those sung by women to help bring the rain at the beginning of the summer season in October, November and December. Rain song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kwela siya hamba (Let's go)
- Young men of Tuku's Location, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young men of Tuku's Location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135862 , vital:37305 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR026-12
- Description: Mbayizelo dance with Harmonica.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young men of Tuku's Location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135862 , vital:37305 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR026-12
- Description: Mbayizelo dance with Harmonica.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
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