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Forest music Congo : northern Belgian Congo, 1952.

Title
  1. Forest music [sound recording] : Congo : northern Belgian Congo, 1952.
Published by
  1. Utrecht, The Netherlands : SWP Records ; Grahamstown, South Africa : International Library of African Music, [p2000]

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Additional authors
  1. Tracey, Hugh.
  2. International Library of African Music.
Description
  1. 1 sound disc : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.
Series statement
  1. Historical recordings / by Hugh Tracey
  2. Music as an endangered species
  3. Tracey, Hugh. Historical recordings.
Alternative title
  1. Northern Belgian Congo
  2. Congo
  3. Mayogo, Meje, Azande, Bobwa, Alur, Balendu, Lokele
Subject
  1. Music > Congo (Democratic Republic)
  2. Songs, Lendu > Congo (Democratic Republic)
  3. Mangbetu (African people) > Music
  4. Zande (African people) > Music
  5. Ababua (African people) > Music
  6. Alur (African people) > Music
  7. Lendu (African people) > Music
  8. Lokele (African people) > Music
Contents
  1. Mayogo. Congo bereji (3:17) ; Gbada (2:59) ; Masi asibi mbaya (2:50) ; Agapa (1:23) ; Three girls' party songs (2:56) -- Meje. Adomba (2:59) ; Nadu (2:49) ; Nemangolia (1:13) ; Meria (1:28) ; Dzoli (1:44) ; Andanyero mamamba (3:08) ; Nakatiye (2:54) -- Azande. Gibolo (3:12) ; Gitari na congo (2:45) ; Midebina vungu kwato (3:05) ; Zilo (2:53) -- Bobwa. Amana mi adu nangweti lebobo (2:37) -- Alur. Ndiri (3:00) -- Belendu. Taragina (1:37) ; Abu madzada (1:22) ; Mali ta kangana (1:39) -- Lokele. Talking drums of the upper congo (12:46).
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. SWP Records: SWP 016 (on container: SWP 016/HT 010).
  2. Mangbetu drum ensemble music, mass singing and likembe music; Azande xylophone and kundi harp music; Alur likembe music; Balendu harp music; and Lokele drum messages.
  3. Compact disc.
  4. Program notes in English by Andrew Tracey ([20] p. : ill., map) inserted in container.
  5. Original field recordings are housed in The archive of Hugh Tracey at the International Library of African Music (ILAM), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
  6. Previously released material; this CD is a selection from Hugh Tracey's Music of Africa series of 210 LPs, issued between 1954 and 1977.
Event (note)
  1. Field recordings made by Hugh Tracey in 1952 at Mayogo Mabozo, Congo (1st-5th works), Medje, Congo (6th-12th works), Nguru village, near Buta, Congo (13th and 16th works), Buta, Congo (14th--15th, 17th works), Mahagi district, Congo (18th work), Djugu district, Congo (19th-21st works), and Yakusu, Congo (22nd work).
Language (note)
  1. Sung in various African languages including Sudanic, Meje dialect, Niger-Congo languages, and Lendu.