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At the court of the Mwami, Ruanda : 1952 : Tutsi, Hutu, Twa.

Title
At the court of the Mwami, Ruanda : 1952 : Tutsi, Hutu, Twa.
Publication
Utrecht, the Netherlands : SWP Records ; Grahamstown, South Africa : International Library of African Music, [1998], ℗1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Tracey, Hugh
  • International Library of African Music.
Description
1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
  • Historical recordings by Hugh Tracey
  • Music as an endangered species
Uniform Title
  • Music as an endangered species.
  • Historical recordings (Stichting Sharp Wood Productions (Sound recording label))
Alternative Title
At the court of the Mwami, Rwanda
Subject
  • Folk music > Rwanda
  • Tutsi (African people) > Music
  • Hutu (African people) > Music
  • Batwa (African people) > Music
  • Field recordings > Rwanda
  • Field recordings > Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Batwa (African people)
  • Field recordings
  • Folk music
  • Hutu (African people)
  • Tutsi (African people)
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Rwanda
Genre/Form
Music.
Note
  • SWP Records: SWP 007 (on container: SWP 007/HT 01).
  • Compact disc.
  • Drum tattoos, dance, praise, and love songs, and dance music for wind instruments and drums from the Tutsi court of Mutara III Rudahigwa, the penultimate mwami (king-shepherd) of the former Kingdom of Ruanda (= Rwanda).
  • Previously released material; this CD is a selection from Hugh Tracey's Music of Africa series of 210 LPs, issued between 1954 and 1977.
  • Original field recordings are housed in The archive of Hugh Tracey at the International Library of African Music (ILAM), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
  • Program notes in English by Andrew Tracey ([16] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in 1952 in Nyanza (now called Nyabisindu), Shangugu, and Kibimba Mission, Rwanda (primarily) and also ("apparently") in Kipushi, Congo.
Contents
1. Hugh Tracey speaks (0:05) -- Seven royal drum rhythms (Royal Drummers, led by Sehene). 2. Zirasuka (2:35) ; 3. Imirindi (1:10) ; 4. Uruchina (2:49) ; 5. Umuterero (2:03) ; 6. Ichimanura (2:37) ; 7. Agasiga (2:48) ; 8. Ichirusha (2:33) -- Praise songs. 9. Nimuze tugweragwere (Ndengabaganizi Leonard, with Rwagasana Michel and Ewagirumukiza Donatien) (3:17) ; 10. Hahirwa nyiramibambwe (Mirimba François ; Nijondorera Joseph ; Gakombe Alexandre) (2:35) -- Twa praise songs. 11. Amaliza (1:28) ; 12 Benimana (1:28) ; 13. Mpundu (2:58) ; 14. Igiterane (2:54) -- Bow song. 15. Rukanga rwamajana (Ntamakiriro) (2:48) -- Intore music. 16. Ikizire (Royal Amakondera Horn Band) (1:20) ; 17. Ingaju (Royal Amakondera Horn Band) (1:35) ; 18. Kyarutema (2:57) -- Praise song. 19. Inyamibwa (Nkeragutabara ; Shyirambere) (2:31) -- Love song. 20. Lama (Ndengabaganizi Leonard and a group of Tutsi men) (2:43) -- Abiru drum rhythms. 21. Akakira, Urubunda, Uwabigega, Umuganura, Urugamgazi, Umubambura, Tubaru shumwami, Ururuna (5:48) ; 22. Ibiteyo (0:54) ; 23. Zigezikaragwe (2:26) ; 24. Agasiga k'i gaseke (1:49) ; 25. Uruchantege (2:52).
LCCN
2003440730
OCLC
  • ocm58464016
  • 58464016
  • SCSB-13633830
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries