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"Mabandla" with Tokozile. 10th Movement

- Ngodo of Cabo Mahamba, Chiponi Kwapeni (Leader), Faide Sikotchimani, Tracey, Hugh

1. Mzeno and Mtsumeto

- Komukomu waSimbi (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Komukomu waSimbi (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Mavila f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194680 , vital:45480 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR208-01
  • Description: This new Mzeno of Komukomu is most unusual in that he has combined it with the Msumeto, the 'advance' Mzeno, with the 'retreat' Mtsumeto. It was composed in 1948. The melodies or counter subjects sung by the dancers are particularly pleasing and illustrate the wide musical potential of this form of passcaglia. The change from Mzeno to Mtsumeto occurs at 3m. 59s. from the start of the item. Komukomu was never afraid of innovations, and this was one of them. The fact that it did not last long and he reverted to the more usual form of separate Mzeno and Mtsumeto would indicate that it was not considered altogether satisfactory as a device. This item was recorded at the neighbouring village of Mavila. Two movements of orchestral dance with Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1949

1st Movement "Msitso wo Khata"

- Katini we Nyamombe (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Katini we Nyamombe (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194824 , vital:45499 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-01
  • Description: This is the first Chopi Ngodo ever recorded and published. It is described in my book "Chopi Muscians" Oxford University Press. The recordings were taken on glass based acetate discs in November 1943 and copied onto tape in October 1963. With the exception of a few verses omitted from one or two of the lyrics this version, performed away from home in the broadcasting studios of SABC Durban, Natal, is the same as a village performance but without the dancers. The players themselves sang all the words which are normally sung by the dancers. As there were no dance routines to be completed during the performance, each item is rather shorter than it would have been in the home village. With these minor exceptions the Ngodo is the complete work; all of it the composition of its leader Katini, a leading figure in Chopi music for 40 years. He died in 1948 about 60 years old. Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

1st Movement "Msitso" I

- Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194905 , vital:45508 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-10
  • Description: This Msitso, orchestral introductions to the Ngodo dance are fine examples of the classical style of starting the performance. Each Msitso is composed as pure music without a lyric base and Komukomu who dies in 1962 was a master of his craft, both as leader of his orchestra and a composer for over 30 years (See "Chopi Musicians" page 39). Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

1st Movement "Msitso" II

- Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194914 , vital:45509 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-11
  • Description: This Msitso, orchestral introductions to the Ngodo dance are fine examples of the classical style of starting the performance. Each Msitso is composed as pure music without a lyric base and Komukomu who dies in 1962 was a master of his craft, both as leader of his orchestra and a composer for over 30 years (See "Chopi Musicians" page 39). Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

1st Movement "Msitso" III

- Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194923 , vital:45510 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-12
  • Description: This Msitso, orchestral introductions to the Ngodo dance are fine examples of the classical style of starting the performance. Each Msitso is composed as pure music without a lyric base and Komukomu who dies in 1962 was a master of his craft, both as leader of his orchestra and a composer for over 30 years (See "Chopi Musicians" page 39). Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

1st Movement "Msitso" IV

- Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194931 , vital:45511 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-13
  • Description: This Msitso, orchestral introductions to the Ngodo dance are fine examples of the classical style of starting the performance. Each Msitso is composed as pure music without a lyric base and Komukomu who dies in 1962 was a master of his craft, both as leader of his orchestra and a composer for over 30 years (See "Chopi Musicians" page 39). Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

1st Movement "Msitso" V

- Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194941 , vital:45512 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-14
  • Description: This Msitso, orchestral introductions to the Ngodo dance are fine examples of the classical style of starting the performance. Each Msitso is composed as pure music without a lyric base and Komukomu who dies in 1962 was a master of his craft, both as leader of his orchestra and a composer for over 30 years (See "Chopi Musicians" page 39). Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

2nd Movement "Msitso wembidi"

- Katini we Nyamombe (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Katini we Nyamombe (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194829 , vital:45500 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-02
  • Description: This is the first Chopi Ngodo ever recorded and published. It is described in my book "Chopi Muscians" Oxford University Press. The recordings were taken on glass based acetate discs in November 1943 and copied onto tape in October 1963. With the exception of a few verses omitted from one or two of the lyrics this version, performed away from home in the broadcasting studios of SABC Durban, Natal, is the same as a village performance but without the dancers. The players themselves sang all the words which are normally sung by the dancers. As there were no dance routines to be completed during the performance, each item is rather shorter than it would have been in the home village. With these minor exceptions the Ngodo is the complete work; all of it the composition of its leader Katini, a leading figure in Chopi music for 40 years. He died in 1948 about 60 years old. Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

3rd Movement "Ndano" Mahungwa a Filipe

- Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194951 , vital:45513 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-15
  • Description: This Msitso, orchestral introductions to the Ngodo dance are fine examples of the classical style of starting the performance. Each Msitso is composed as pure music without a lyric base and Komukomu who dies in 1962 was a master of his craft, both as leader of his orchestra and a composer for over 30 years (See "Chopi Musicians" page 39). "Mahungwa a Filipe". The full text of the lyric and translation are on Pages 40 to 42 of "Chopi Musicians." For lack of his dancers to sing the lyric, Komukomu, who never pretended to having a voice, had to sing the words himself. Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

3rd Movement "Ngeniso" 'Ye Dawoti'

- Katini we Nyamombe (Leader), Komukomu, Sekalani, Bokisi, Madoshimani and Majanyana (5 players), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Katini we Nyamombe (Leader) , Komukomu, Sekalani, Bokisi, Madoshimani and Majanyana (5 players) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194842 , vital:45501 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-03
  • Description: This is the first Chopi Ngodo ever recorded and published. It is described in my book "Chopi Muscians" Oxford University Press. The recordings were taken on glass based acetate discs in November 1943 and copied onto tape in October 1963. With the exception of a few verses omitted from one or two of the lyrics this version, performed away from home in the broadcasting studios of SABC Durban, Natal, is the same as a village performance but without the dancers. The players themselves sang all the words which are normally sung by the dancers. As there were no dance routines to be completed during the performance, each item is rather shorter than it would have been in the home village. With these minor exceptions the Ngodo is the complete work; all of it the composition of its leader Katini, a leading figure in Chopi music for 40 years. He died in 1948 about 60 years old. Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

4th Movement "Mdano" 'Lawanani zhentu Zavala'

- Katini we Nyamombe (Leader), Komukomu, Sekalani, Bokisi, Madoshimani and Majanyana (5 players), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Katini we Nyamombe (Leader) , Komukomu, Sekalani, Bokisi, Madoshimani and Majanyana (5 players) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194851 , vital:45502 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-04
  • Description: This is the first Chopi Ngodo ever recorded and published. It is described in my book "Chopi Muscians" Oxford University Press. The recordings were taken on glass based acetate discs in November 1943 and copied onto tape in October 1963. With the exception of a few verses omitted from one or two of the lyrics this version, performed away from home in the broadcasting studios of SABC Durban, Natal, is the same as a village performance but without the dancers. The players themselves sang all the words which are normally sung by the dancers. As there were no dance routines to be completed during the performance, each item is rather shorter than it would have been in the home village. With these minor exceptions the Ngodo is the complete work; all of it the composition of its leader Katini, a leading figure in Chopi music for 40 years. He died in 1948 about 60 years old. Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

5th Movement "Doosinya"

- Katini we Nyamombe (Leader), Komukomu, Sekalani, Bokisi, Madoshimani and Majanyana (5 players), Tracey, Hugh

6th Movement "Jibudu"

- Katini we Nyamombe (Leader), Komukomu, Sekalani, Bokisi, Madoshimani and Majanyana (5 players), Tracey, Hugh

7th Movement "Mzeno"

- Katini we Nyamombe (Leader), Komukomu, Sekalani, Bokisi, Madoshimani and Majanyana (5 players), Tracey, Hugh

7th Movement "Mzeno" Hingane malala

- Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader), Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Komukomu wa Simbi (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1943
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194961 , vital:45514 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR209-16
  • Description: This Msitso, orchestral introductions to the Ngodo dance are fine examples of the classical style of starting the performance. Each Msitso is composed as pure music without a lyric base and Komukomu who dies in 1962 was a master of his craft, both as leader of his orchestra and a composer for over 30 years (See "Chopi Musicians" page 39). "Hingane malala". Full text and translation are on pages 47 and 51 of "Chopi Musicians. Owing to the shortage of acetate discs in South Africa during the 1939-45 war, this Ngodo was not recorded in full. Orchestral dance with six Timbila xylophones.
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  • Date Issued: 1943

8th Movement "Mabandhla"

- Katini we Nyamombe (Leader), Komukomu, Sekalani, Bokisi, Madoshimani and Majanyana (5 players), Tracey, Hugh

9th Movement "Njiriri"

- Katini we Nyamombe (Leader), Komukomu, Sekalani, Bokisi, Madoshimani and Majanyana (5 players), Tracey, Hugh

Adoliong’p akwapa k’omudeke inaminami

- Iganitiyo Ekacholi and Teso men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Iganitiyo Ekacholi and Teso men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Chopi , Jopadhola (African people) , Teso (African people) , Music--Uganda , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Lukiko f-ug
  • Language: Adhola
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169300 , vital:41712 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0130-12
  • Description: It is interesting to note the apparent differences in tone between the scale of the harp and the voice. Iganitiyo, the harp, made friends with Chief K. Omudeka and he visited him at his place over the border in Kenya. He was surprised at the great amount of land which was under cultivation there. He entertained the chief every evening of his visit by playing and singing to his Adedeu harp. Topical song with five string Adedeu horizontal harp, clapping and leg rattles, 1 side blown Aluti horn.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Ai abei eong

- Yowana with his friend Emugat, Hugh Tracey

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