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Performing whiteness; representing otherness : Hugh Tracey and African music

- Coetzee, Paulette June

  • Authors: Coetzee, Paulette June
  • Date: 2015
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Music -- Africa , International Library of African Music , Ethnomusicology -- Africa , Ethnomusicologists -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:2327 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016502
  • Description: This thesis provides a critical study of texts associated with Hugh Tracey (1903–1977). Tracey is well-known for his work in African music studies, particularly for his major contribution to the recorded archive of musical sound in sub-Saharan Africa and his founding of the International Library of African Music (ILAM) in 1954. My reading of him is informed by a postcolonial perspective, whiteness studies and African scholarship on ways in which constructions of African identity and tradition have been shaped by the colonial archive. In my view, Tracey was part of a mid-twentieth century movement which sought to marshal positive representations of traditional African culture in the interest of maintaining and strengthening colonial rule. While his recording project may have fostered inclusion through creating spaces for indigenous musicians to be heard, it also functioned to promote racist exclusion in the manner of its production, distribution and claims to expertise. Moreover, his initial strategy for ILAM’s sustainability targeted colonial government and industry as primary clients, with the promise that promoting traditional music as a means of entertainment and self-expression for black subjects and workers would ease administration and reduce conflict. I believe that it is important to acknowledge and interrogate the problematic racial attitudes and practices associated with the history of Tracey’s archive – not to undermine its significance in any way but to allow it to be better understood and used more productively in the future.
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  • Date Issued: 2015

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Raymond Dart (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Irene Frongs (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Irene Frongs (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113529 , vital:33798 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC134a-01
  • Description: Irene Frongs continued interview about her connection with Hugh Tracey, the concert which they did together and a personal background of what she was doing before she met Hugh Tracey
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Peggy Tracey (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Peggy Tracey (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Peggy Tracey (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113511 , vital:33793 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC132b-01
  • Description: Peggy Tracey continued narration of Hugh Tracey's life in the Saronde Farm, surrounding people whom Hugh got in contact with, Hugh interest in everything which he did be it story telling, broadcasting, he did everything intensely and also more information on his interest
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Francis Spence (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Francis Spence (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Interviewing , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113649 , vital:33816 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC137a-02
  • Description: This was about native languages which were no longer spoken, English being the language spoken, in Africa pressure was to speak English, French, Arabic and Swahili and television being a threat of language in Wales that is in Britain
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Irene Frongs (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Irene Frongs (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Interviewing , Folklore , Tales , Musical instruments , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113520 , vital:33797 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC133a-01
  • Description: Irene Frongs explaining as to how she met Hugh Tracey, first as a student and when she also visited Hugh's farm, discovered that besides music Hugh was interested in other aspects of arts such as foklore, tales, actual handcraft, instruments made, way of living and life for Africans, she also learnt that Hugh vision and goal was not just to build an African Library of music but that it should include the whole cultural aspect of it, found out that Hugh was good at drawing things out instead of talking to you, learnt that Hugh was very good with children no matter what nationality them came from, explained that Hugh was very meticulous and gave more information about Hugh Tracey the man and his interest
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Irene Frongs (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Irene Frongs (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy , Biography , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113542 , vital:33800 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC134b-01
  • Description: Irene Frongs interviewed to talk more about Peggy Tracey Hugh Tracey's former wife, her assistance and relation with Hugh, Irene explaining her involvement in the compiling of journals and articles and more about Hugh Tracey working operations
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Francis Spence (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Francis Spence (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Interviewing , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113640 , vital:33815 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC137a-01
  • Description: This interview is about how Francis Spence met and connected with Hugh Tracey in particular through his knowledge of Mozambique and his view about Hugh Tracey and more of Hugh Tracey work operations
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Daniel Mabuto (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Daniel Mabuto (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey memorial service

- (a) Phyllida Wentzel (Speaker), (b) Irene Frongs (Speaker and Performer), Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: (a) Phyllida Wentzel (Speaker) , (b) Irene Frongs (Speaker and Performer) , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1977
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Memorial service , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Saronde Farm f-sa
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113474 , vital:33780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC131b-09
  • Description: (a) Reading of Hugh Tracey's Christmas Card printed for him two months ago and the read verse was an extract from the book 'Faith of an artist' , (b) Irene Frongs former Greek student friend singing an ancient lullaby with guitar accompaniment in tribute to Hugh Tracey of work almost forgotten in Greece, this emanating from Hugh Tracey who encouraged her to do the Greek background and its heritage for her thesis
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  • Date Issued: 1977

Hugh Tracey memorial service

- Andrew Tracey (Speaker), Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Andrew Tracey (Speaker) , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1977
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Memorial service , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Saronde Farm f-sa
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112616 , vital:33626 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC129a-05
  • Description: Andrew Tracey the son reiterating his father's and family close relationship with Daniel Mabuto and Tshabalala and made a significant note to the Tshabalala family and those gathered for memorial service that Tshabalala died exactly a year ago on 23 October 1976 before his father Hugh Tracey who passed away 22 October 1977
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  • Date Issued: 1977

Hugh Tracey memorial service

- Paul Tracey and Andrew Tracey (Performer), Johann Sebastian Bach, Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey memorial service

- Radio program of words and music (Calendar: presentor), Calendar (Presenter), Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey memorial service

- Gambo Khumalo (Speaker), Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Gambo Khumalo (Speaker) , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1977
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Memorial service , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Saronde Farm f-sa
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112607 , vital:33625 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC129a-04
  • Description: Gambo Khumalo paying tribute to Hugh Tracey on behalf of workers, stating their good working relationship with their master as they called Hugh Tracey and also mentioning Hugh Tracey's close relationship with Tshabalala and Daniel Mabuto who travelled with him all over Africa
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  • Date Issued: 1977

Hugh Tracey memorial service

- Johannesburg Festival Harmonic Orchestral Band, William Walton (Conductor), Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey memorial service

- Jill Hyacinth and others (Discussing about Hugh Tracey), Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey memorial service

- Dennis Etheredge (Speaker), Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Dennis Etheredge (Speaker) , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1977
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Memorial service , Autobiography , Tuning fork , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Saronde Farm f-sa
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113245 , vital:33734 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC131b-02
  • Description: Dennis Etheredge giving a brief background on Hugh Tracey autobiography which he had read entitled "A river left for me"; Hugh's awardment of the Carnegie research fellowship, his tuning fork also how ILAM came into being in 1953 and how Dennis Etheredge and Gavin Relly came into contact with Hugh Tracey
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  • Date Issued: 1977

Hugh Tracey memorial service

- Henry Howell (Speaker), Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Henry Howell (Speaker) , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1977
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Memorial service , Musical bow , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Saronde Farm f-sa
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112634 , vital:33629 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC129a-07
  • Description: Tribute about Hugh Tracey's well beloved books namely 'Gitangali' and 'Faith of an Artist' which were inseparable from Hugh, mention of Hugh Tracey's other closer friend namely Babu Chipika from Rhodesia who was his constant companinion in Rhodesian bush, Hugh Tracey's devotion to Babu Chipika that Hugh actually painted Babu Chipika's portrait in pastels while playing the Chipendani bow and reading of verse authored by Tagore which depicted Hugh Tracey's friendship with Babu Chipika
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  • Date Issued: 1977
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