Msitso woKata

Title: Msitso woKata
Performer / Recordist: Faduko, Fomeni; Ngodo of Zandamela; Tracey, Hugh
Description / content note: Indigenous folk song with a timbila xylophone orchestra and background cries. This is an experimental cut taken inside the chiefs office hut to test the acoustic difference to the version played outside, and features only eight players. Orchestral dance for Msitso woKata, the first movement of the Ngodo of Zandamela of 1949.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Chpoi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- Mozambique Zandamela, Zavala District
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Date recorded: 1949-06-04
Date issued / published: 1949-06-04
Identifier: HTFT-016; CN11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:49
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 30ips pancake reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; STUDER A812 Recorder; Sound Forge V.8
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: Hugh Tracey Field Tapes
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: Folk music--Africa; Folk songs, Chopi; Field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/198799