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Benimana (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR058 (1952) , 2 page(s)

A song to praise chiefs and notables. The chiefs in this country are all Hamitic Tutsi, whose height (generally between 6 and 7 foot tall) is in great contrast to the short pigmoid Twa whom they have ruled for over five centuries. The modality of this song and the complex pattern of the clapping are both notable.

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Benimana (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR058 , 1 min

"May the Omwami go in peace, may he prosper and be with God." The Batwa are Pigmoids and the Cout singers were drawn from their ranks. In this instance the women were all wives of potters, pottery being one of the Twa crafts. The second song is a good example of organum singing with its incidental harmonies.

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Bolo neno kari koongo (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR168 (1950) , 1 page(s)

Bolo achieved an unenviable reputation for having neither shield nor ostrich feathers, and for being an uninvited guest at drinking parties. The playing of drums by these Nilotic people is usually far simpler in rhythm than that of the Bantu.

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Brunayini Fofoza? (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR193 (04 May 1963) , 2 page(s)

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Brunayini Fofoza (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR193 , 1 min

Brunaini Khoza is a friend of the Chief Fofoza Mwamitwa and composed this song in his honour, here sung by the chief himself. The gist of the song is that without the Chief the people are likely to be in considerable distress which only his presence can dispel. "Brunai ini Makosi Fofzi ujani—na? Inamangawa hewak...

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Chapache (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR048 (1957) , 2 page(s)

Amongst other things they say: "You, Chief, are like a free woman, (a courtesean)" meaning "You are beautifully dressed." "I want a beast with turned down horns." The children shrugged their shoulders down, left and right alternately to imitate the horns.

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Chattur Singh ka geet - Atam Khan - Rajasthan

of Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology. American Institute of Indian Studies, in Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy Collection, N78-2.N78-B. Five-week fieldtrip to India (Delhi, Rajasthan) to continue research on kathputli puppetry, Rajasthani performing groups and to attend the meetings of the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences in New Delhi. Audio recordings made on Nakamichi 550 and Soni TC 150. Photographs on Minolta XD 11. 15 cassettes., 1:172:84 (New Delhi, Delhi State)

A song in praise of Chattur Singh of Baiya village sung by Atam Khan and musicians from Baiya, sung with Harmonium, Dholak and Khartal accompaniment.

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Che Chipala (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR066 , 3 mins

The singer comments upon the sense of justice of his chief. "Chief Chipala, he sings, knows how to settle cases."

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Chebusit (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR164 (15 September 1950) , 2 page(s)

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Chepchoni Marinda (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR164 , 1 min

This lyre is strummed like a Guitar with the right hand, the left hand stopping the five strings, like the Bongwe Zither of Nyasaland. This gave two chords. Notes 1, 3, and 5 and notes 2 and 4. One string, they said, was missing, the lower octave of No. 1. The scale was: - 308, 256, 232, 206, 180, (154) vs.

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