Mzeno was Zavala

Title: Mzeno was Zavala
Creator: Players and dancers of the Migodo of Zavala and Nyakutowo
Creator: Joao Fulao Mazhuzhe (Learder)
Creator: Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa
Subject: Music--Mozambique
Subject: Folk songs, Chopi
Subject: Chopi (African people)
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
Date Issued: 1963
Date: 1963
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/190183
Identifier: vital:44971
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR197-04
Description: 24 dancers took part and 18 players with 4 rattle players. One girl came to add the ululations. Unfortunately recording conditions were not good. High winds and rains threatening, in fact it was only possible to record at all by protecting the microphone and from the fact that the trees kept some of the wind and rain off the instruments when it came in strong gusts. The sound of the leader dropping his beaters onto his instrument immediately after the last note has been struck can be heard at the end of the item. The tuning 496, 448, 408, 372, 328, 304, 276, 248 vs. Dance with orchestra of 15 Timbila and 4 Njele rattles.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:06:24
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Chopi
Rights: International Library of African Music
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)

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