Peter Cooke Uganda Collection
Two Luhya songs
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Type
sound
Duration
00:11:14
Cultures
Luyia
Shelf mark
C23/23
Recording date
1968-03
Is part of (Collection)
Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings
Recording locations
Eldoret, Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Performance occasion
Up Country Music Festival
Performers
Unidentified (singers, children)
Recordist
Cooke, Peter
Description
Item note: Introduced by the European woman leader. Ends with 'Tunaka gyenda'. Performance note: First song with fiddle accompaniment. Second performance (choral) has several changes of tune in it. Much shrieking by one performer. Performer's note: School children. Recording note: Extremely low levels because of microphone fault. Recording level improves in second performance. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is PC30.A6.
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