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Title:At the court of the Mwami, Ruanda : 1952, Rwanda : Tutsi, Hutu, Twa.
Title-alternative:1952, Rwanda.
Title-alternative:Rwanda.
Title-alternative:Tutsi, Hutu, Twa.
Subject:Music
Subject:Rwanda.
Subject:Congo (Democratic Republic)
Subject:Percussion ensembles.
Subject:Songs, Kinyarwanda
Subject:Hutu (African people)
Subject:Music.
Subject:Batwa (African people)
Subject:Tutsi (African people)
Description:1 sound disc (60 min.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. + notes ([16] p. : ill.).
Description:Percussion music, praise songs, and dance music from the court of Mutara III Rudahigwa in Rwanda.
Description:Various native musicians including the Royal Drummers and the Royal Amakondera Horn Band.
Description:Recorded in Nyanza (now Nyabisindu), Shangugu and Kibimba mission, Rwanda and in Kipushi, Congo, all in 1952.
Description:Compact disc.
Description:Historical and program notes by Michael Baird inserted in container.
Description:Hugh Tracey speaks (:05) Seven royal drum rhythms. Zirasuka (2:05) ; Imirindi (1:10) ; Uruchina (2:49) ; Umuterero (2:03) ;Ichimanura (2:37) ; Agasiga (2:48) ; Ichirusha (2:33) Praisesongs. Nimuze tugweragwere (3:17) ; Hahirwa nyiramibambwe (2:35) Twa praise songs. Amaliza (1:28) ; Benimana (1:28) ;Mpundu (2:58) ; Igiterane (2:54) Bow song. Rukanga rwamajana(2:48) Intore music. Ikizire (1:20) ; Ingaju (1:35) ;Kyarutema (2:57) Praise song. Inyamibwa (2:31) Love song.Lama (2:43) Abiru drum rhythms. Akakira, urubunda,uwabigega, umuganura, urugamgazi, umubambura, tubaru shumwami,ururuna (5:48) ; Ibiteyo (:54) ; Zigezikaragwe (2:26) ; Agasigak'i gaseke (1:49) ; Uruchantege (2:52).
Contributor:Utrecht : Stichting Sharp Wood Productions ; Grahamstown, South Africa : International Library of African Music, 1998.role: Publisher
Contributor:Tracey, Hugh.role: Author
Contributor:International Library of African Music.role: Author
Type:Sound
is part of:Historical recordings by Hugh Tracey.
is part of:Tracey, Hugh. Historical recordings.
Place:Libraryrole: storage

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