Detail view


Details

Object
Title:Egypt : echoes of the Nile : aspects of Egyptian music.
Title-alternative:Echoes of the Nile.
Title-alternative:Aspects of Egyptian music.
Subject:Folk music
Subject:Egypt
Subject:Sound recordings.
Subject:Copts
Subject:Music
Subject:Popular music
Description:1 sound disc (61 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + notes (17 p., ill.).
Description:Songs and instrumental music, in part traditional.
Description:"This recording is drawn from the 80-volume CD collection, Music of the earth: Fieldworkers' sound collections, originallyreleased in 1992 in Japan under the supervision of TomoakiFujii by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in collaboration withthe National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) and Smithsonian/Folkways Records (USA)"
Description:Various performers.
Description:Recorded in Egypt by Nobuo Mizuno, between Feb. 6 and Mar. 13, 1977.
Description:Compact disc.
Description:Original notes by Nobuo Mizuno, in English translation from the Japanese inserted in container.
Description:Bell announcing Sunday morning mass (0:58) Paean from Mass for day of fasting (1:43) Sample performances of small cymbals(0:55) Church bell and Coptic Bible recitation (1:47) Coptic wedding reception: song and dance (3:07) Qur'anrecitation and azan (7:06) Muhammed festival (1:41) 'Udimprovisation (8:09) Bashraf (instrumental composition) (5:32) Popular song: The ruins (8:29) Rhythm patterns (3:09) Rhythmic improvisation (3:16) Sounds of the Mizmåar(2:29) Folk song: Farewell, beloved (3:39) Folk song: Getour old stuff (3:06) Folk song with Tambåurah: Nubiangirl (4:28)
Contributor:Barre, VT : Multicultural Media, 1997.role: Publisher
Type:Sound
is part of:Music of the earth.
Place:Libraryrole: storage

EU flag co-funded by the European Commission
Copyright © 2007/08 The DISMARC Consortium
No part of this website may be reproduced, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission of the DISMARC Consortium.