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Bata wasunga mulundu

- Edward Kalunga, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nguwenda mela (See how deep the water)

- Edward Panisi, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Edward Panisi , 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/10962/139064 , vital:37701 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-12
  • Description: This was performed by a small boy of about 11 or 12 years old, who is clearly already cut out to be a musician and leader of dances. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Tamanangu (Give me water)

- Edward Panisi, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Edward Panisi , 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/10962/139059 , vital:37700 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-11
  • Description: This was performed by a small boy of about 11 or 12 years old, who is clearly already cut out to be a musician and leader of dances. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Tuibale bonse nwe nseba (Let's flock together like nseba birds)

- Edward Shoni and group of 6 Aushi men, Hugh Tracey

Mayo mulume wandi nichinshele (Mother, my husband is a good for nothing)

- Edward Shoni and group of 6 Aushi men, Hugh Tracey

Tito, we miripwa naya kukabanga (Tito, don't imitate)

- Edward Shoni and group of 6 Aushi men., Hugh Tracey

Kudandaula kwakunala ulombala

- Egesi Londoni, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Egesi Londoni , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music , Africa Malawi Boma Liwonde f-mw
  • Language: Yao
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151947 , vital:39190 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-15
  • Description: This song was accompanied on an improved bangwe with rather more reasonance than the locally made board zither. Tuning of the instrument:- 388, 364, 324, 288, 276, 236, 212 vs. Topical song with Bangwe m'kulu zither.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Tshikona

- Eleven Venda men, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Eleven Venda men , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Sibasa f-sa
  • Language: Venda , Tsonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187674 , vital:44685 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-01
  • Description: The drum was beaten by two men, each with one wooden beater. Each player holds one end-blown pipe and adds his single note to the ensemble as with bell ringers. They dance around the drums in an anti-clockwise circle, performing steps in unison changing the routine with different with different movements of the dance. Scale:- 632, 520, 488, 432, 380, 348, 316, 280, 248, 228, 216. Instrumental tune, pipe ensemble, heptatonic with Chikona pipe ensemble and 1 single-headed, pegged drums, closed with two wooden beaters (-14.02103-)
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Nya mulemalema

- Elias Magidi, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Test I on rhythms of children's songs

- Erica Madida from Shadani, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Test I on rhythms of children's songs

- Erica Madida from Shadani, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Chibola mu lumbai

- Ester Bakankena, 12 Luba women, Hugh Tracey

Test I on rhythms of children's songs

- Evalina Ṋemusula of Ṋemavunde, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Bawo nilele na? (Fathers, are you sleeping)

- Fingo and Mfengu women of Tuku Location, Hugh Tracey

Atshakongwe wamwe muno kuwala kwawo (The women of this country all wear the same kind of dress)

- Five Nyasa men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Five Nyasa men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Likoma f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja/Chewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160804 , vital:40547 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR099-06
  • Description: The drum was played with a stick in the left hand tapping on the side of the drum alternately with the head. The right hand kept up the rythm in the usual way. During this lively performnace the bottle player shattered his bottle into fragments, continuing to beat the neck of the beat which remained in his hand until that too disintegrated under the blows of the six inch nail. At the end of the first item the player dashed off to a nearby hut and produced the next best substitute, a new hoe blade. This recording was made by Nyasa workers at a Citrus Estate near Nelspruit, Eastern Transvaal. Party dance with double headed drum, concertina and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Tyingabenga (The Giant)

- Five Nyasa men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Five Nyasa men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Likoma f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja/Chewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160799 , vital:40546 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR099-05
  • Description: The drum was played with a stick in the left hand tapping on the side of the drum alternately with the head. The right hand kept up the rythm in the usual way. During this lively performnace the bottle player shattered his bottle into fragments, continuing to beat the neck of the beat which remained in his hand until that too disintegrated under the blows of the six inch nail. At the end of the first item the player dashed off to a nearby hut and produced the next best substitute, a new hoe blade. This recording was made by Nyasa workers at a Citrus Estate near Nelspruit, Eastern Transvaal. Party dance with double headed drum, concertina and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Tshinanyininya

- Five Venda girls, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wdoyika u-Ntusangili

- Five young Ngqika women and girls, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wdoyika u-Ntusangili

- Five young Ngqika women and girls (Performers), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Mhlahlo

- Five young Ngqika women and girls (Performers), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

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