Peter Cooke Uganda Collection

Dance song

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    00:04:30

  • Cultures

    Soga

  • Shelf mark

    C23/9

  • Subjects

    Soga popular dance song

  • Recording date

    1967-06

  • Is part of (Collection)

    Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings

  • Recording locations

    National Theatre, Kampala, Uganda

  • Performers

    Unidentified (drums), Unidentified (ndingidi), Unidentified (Soga embaire), Unidentified (Soga ndere), Unidentified (Soga obulere)

  • Recordist

    Cooke, Peter

  • Description

    Item note: Soga popular dance song. Performance note: This recording features one Soga embaire [xylophone] with three players; one Soga obulere [panpipes]; one Soga ndere [flute]; one Ndingidi [tube fiddle]; drums performed by various people [not all Soga]. Recording note: Recorded during a visit to the National Theatre to record the National Ensemble of the "Heartbeat of Africa" troupe. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is on TAPE PC 16, TRACK A, item no. 1.

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Dance song

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