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Table of Contents:
- Festival music (a) (1:57)
- Festival music (b) (2:06)
- Solo song of a woman (1:57)
- Drum rhythms (3:16)
- Music for a chieftain (4:03)
- Singing at a wrestling-match (3:34)
- Sword-dance of the young girls (2:28)
- Sanza (:42)
- Song to encourage the rice sowers (4:05)
- Singing game of small girls (a) (1:20)
- Singing game of small girls (b) (1:27)
- Rice harvest (1:44)
- Music for the mask race (2:32)
- The mask bægbö (2:29)
- Trumpet orchestra (4:12)
- Dance of the women (a) (1:02)
- Dance of the women (b) (1:26)
- Hunters' song from the savannah (a) (2:11)
- Hunters' song from the savannah (b) (2:52)
- Hunters' song from the forest (3:30).
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Language Notes:
- Sung in Dan.
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Performers:
- Sung and played by native musicians.
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Production Credits:
- Recordings, commentary, and photographs by Hugo Zemp ; project coorindator for Rounder Records, Scott Billington.
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General Notes:
- While the music of the Dan is primarily vocal, musical instruments such as calabash rattles, drums and the ki (hunters harp) may be used as accompaniement. A notable exception on this disc is orchestra on track 15, with its six ivory trumpets, each capable of playing one or two notes, and four drummers.
"This series was originally issued as the UNESCO collection"--Container.
Program notes in English (21 p. : ill., maps) inserted in container.
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Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced
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Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical; 1.4 m/s
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Digital Characteristics:
- audio file; CD audio
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Call Numbers:
- LPCD 91321
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Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 011661510524
Publisher Number, Rounder: CD 5105
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OCLC Numbers:
- 39370641