Msumeto. 11th Movement, The retreat

Title: Msumeto. 11th Movement, The retreat
Performer / Recordist: Ngodo of Regulo Mavila,Shambini; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Music--Mozambique; Folk songs, Chopi; Chopi (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: In this movement the line of dancers retreats away from the orchestra back to its original position some ten paces away. "They will kill me, mother Nyavoto. They will kill me, mother Nyavoto. Because of my cotton fields." His cotton was growing better than those of the others. Orchestral dance with 6 Timbila xylophones, 4 Sanzhe (Alto), 1 Debiinda (Bass), 1 Gulu (Double Bass).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Chopi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- Mozambique Mavila
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1963
Date issued / published: 1963
Identifier: TR199; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:19
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/10962/191287