Mishiba

Title: Mishiba
Performer / Recordist: Group of 16 Bena Budia men,16 Bena Budia men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Ensemble playing
Description / content note: This group were Bena Budia, a group allied to the Bekalehwe, who belong to the linguistic group of Luba/Songe. The ensemble of end-blown flutes consisted of three pitches, treble, tenor and bass, the middle register having several players holding a raft of 2 to 6 pipes and the bass and treble having 2 each only. Pipe ensemble with 2 weighted goblet drums, closed, hand beaten, and 16 sets of panpipes.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Luba
Place of recording: Africa -- Democratic Republic of Congo -- Katanga
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR025; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:32
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135567