- Additional Authors
- Gillis, Verna.
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- Alternative Title
- Music of the northern tribes
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Streaming audio.
- Note
- Traditional music of various peoples of northern Ghana.
- Previously released on analog disc as: Lyrichord LLST 7321.
- Analog recording.
- Event (note)
- Recorded in 1976 by Verna Gillis.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on compact disc version record.
- Contents
- Mamprusi (Muslim, leader/chorus with drums) (6:50) -- Grunshi (vocal with guluzoro and gulusago drums) (7:12)-- Frafra (Christian, leader/chorus with calabash rattle (siyari)) (5:23) -- Kusasi (Muslim, solo with gonje (bowed lute)) (4:55) -- Dagarti (Catholic, xylophone (gyil) solo) -- Dagarti (male singers, xylophone (gyil), ganga (drum) and flute (wile)) (6:10) -- Kasena (Christian, vocal duet with calabash (zing)) (2:30) -- Kasena (ensemble of flutes (weii) and drums (gulu, gungonga)) (2:43) -- Kasena (solo with kono (strummed lute)) (4:19).
- OCLC
- 803422514
- Title
Ghana [electronic resource] : music of the northern tribes / recorded in Ghana by Verna Gillis.
- Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Lyrichord, [1991?]
- Performer
Various performers.
- Event
Recorded in 1976 by Verna Gillis.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gillis, Verna.
- Other Form:
Source record: Ghana. New York, N.Y. : Lyrichord, [1991?] (OCoLC)25645879
- Publisher No.
LYRCD-7321 Lyrichord
- Branch Call Number
eNYPL Music