International Library of African Music

Hugh Tracey memorial service 1

Item

Title

Hugh Tracey memorial service 1

Performer / Recordist

Grassow, Stanley, Etheredge, Dennis, Tobias, Philip

Tracey, Andrew

Subject

Indigenous African Music

Tracey, Hugh

Memorial service

Autobiography

Ethnomusicology

Sub-Saharan African music

Description / content note

Stanley Grassow talking about Hugh Tracey's background of his cresendo music followed by prayer,Dennis Etheredge giving a brief background on Hugh Tracey autobiography which he had read entitled "A river left for me" and also how ILAM came into being in 1953,Philip Tobias speaking of his first encounter with Hugh Tracey's; Hugh Tracey's contribution on his works of anthropology; his pioneer study of African music termed as ethnomusicology; summary of Hugh Tracey as black man with a white face whose writings were excellent, great communicator and that Hugh Tracey saw music of Africa as the voice of the soul of Africa

Type / form

sound recordings

field recordings

sound recording-musical

Language

English

Place of recording

Africa -- South Africa -- Saronde Farm

Publisher

International Library of African Music

Date recorded

1977

Date issued / published

1977

Identifier

ATC127a

1

Is Format Of

Analog reel item

Duration (time)

00:24:29

File format

Cassette tape

Sample Rate

96000Hz 24Bit Stereo

Provenance

Tascam 302 Cassette deck

Sound Forge V.8

Rights Holder

International Library of African Music

License

CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Access Rights

Public

Is Part Of

Andrew Tracey Collection

Format

audio/mpeg

Genre

Field recordings

handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/112171

Item sets

Andrew Tracey Collection