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Côte d’Ivoire: Baule Vocal Music

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Côte d’Ivoire: Baule Vocal Music
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The liner notes relate the legend of Queen Aura Poku, who sacrificed her son to allow her people to cross a river to freedom. After her people were safely across the river, the queen could only repeat the word bauoli, meaning: the child is dead.Queen Aura Poku and other legends are represented in Baule music, which is well known throughout Côte d’Ivoire. Two or more voices are usually joined by bells, rattles, and a variety of drums. They also use a fiddle and a harp-lute to accompany singers, creating layers of complex sounds. Although many children begin training in vocal polyphony at a young age, the finest musicians, especially singer-instrumentalists, are thought to have been chosen by the spirits. This album was recorded in 1965 and 1966.

Track Listing

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Kpanda dance Kpouébo village 3:33
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102
Song to conclude the kpanda dance Kpouébo village 2:32
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103
Dance of the Queens' masks Sakasso village 6:32
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Dance of the elephant mask Lolobo village 3:41
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105
Dance of the excised girls Agbakro village 2:58
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106
Music of a guardian spirit Sakasso village 3:55
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107
Little girls' sung games Kanoukro village 4:29
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108
Song with forked harp accompaniment Béoumi town 3:14
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109
Song accompanied on the musical bow Konsou village 3:28
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110
War song Sakasso village 3:24
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111
Song with harp-lute accompaniment Ouoko village 3:41
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112
Song with sanza accompaniment Kondorobo village 3:09
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Song of two little girls Kpouébo village 2:31

Album Info

Catalog Number

UNES08048

Year(s) Released

1972

Label/Collection

UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music

Genre(s)

World

Country(s)

Côte d'Ivoire

Culture Group(s)

Baoulé

Language(s)

Baoulé

Credit(s)

Hugo Zemp - Liner Notes, Recorder
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