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Ethiopia : three chordophone traditions = Éthiopie : trois traditions de cordophones
Title
Ethiopia : three chordophone traditions = Éthiopie : trois traditions de cordophones.
Publication
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Audivis-UNESCO, 1999.
Physical Description
1 online resource (53 minutes)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Includes PDF of liner notes in English with French translation.
Streaming audio files.
Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
Recorded in 1972 in Addis Ababa.
Sung principally in Amharic, with one song each in Tigrinya, Oromo, and Tigré.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
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Format
Audio / Online
Language
Amharic
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2016
Series
Anthology of African music
Contents
Sǝlamta = The creation (2:53)
Fäbälähala = From earth you came, from earth you shall return (2:41)
Abba gran motä = Death of the left-handed (5:31)
Mädägäna zäläsana bätbaze = About the futility of life (4:32)
Instrumental melody (1:48)
Tälafino gomdär (3:53)
Tǝne ǝko = I am yours and you are mine (6:00)
Ambasǝl (6:21)
Sǝläla : (war song) (3:56)
Gämay ǝnǝy = Come little girl and chat with me (4:26)
Waya lulǝho (5:04)
Samni = Kiss me (5:18).
Subjects
Genre/Form
Folk music.
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