Meria

Title: Meria
Performer / Recordist: Ebogoma Gabriel; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Mangbetu; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: An attractive little falsetto song to a rippling accompaniment typical of the instrument. The tuning of the Neikembe was:- 640, 592, 528, 480, 432, 396, 360, 320, 264, 216 vs. The player was given a "Highly Commended" prize in the 1952 Osborn Awards for the best African musician of the year. Topical song with Neikembe likembe.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Mangbetu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0120; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:25
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/10962/166833