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Folk Music of Ethiopia

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Folk Music of Ethiopia

Recorded in the Tigrai and Shoa Provinces and in the Gura Valley, this collection of Folk Music of Ethiopia actually represents not only Ethiopian music but the music of Eritrea and the Sudan. Several of the recordings feature traditional Ethiopian instruments from the string family including the begenna, the tcherawata, and the masonquo, along with the coboro, kettledrum and traditional Ethiopian flutes.


RELATED LESSON PLAN
"Performing Ethiopia: Playing, Singing and Improvising Music from the Abyssian Kingdom"


Track Listing

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Oh My Country Ethiopian male singer with begenna 02:58
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Shepherd's Flute Shambukaw player from Gura Valley, Eritrea 01:30
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Tcherawata Solo Tcherawata player from Gura Valley, Eritrea 01:11
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I Beg You, Heart Ethiopian male singer with begenna 02:59
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Mbilta Solo (Eritrea) Mbilta players from Gura Valley, Eritrea 01:06
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Masonquo Solo (Eritrea) Masonquo player from Gura Valley, Eritrea 02:00
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Love Song (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata, Coboro Mixed singers with tcherawata and coboro 02:56
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Song of Praise (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata Mixed singers with tcherawata 02:58
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Song to the Emperor (Eritrea) - Male Voice with Tcherawata Male singers with tcherawata 02:54
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Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum (1) Itinerant Sudanese workers in Gura Valley, Eritrea 01:21
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Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum (2) Itinerant Sudanese workers in Gura Valley, Eritrea 01:29