The
following are choral-related websites with predominantly English language pages.
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list - just a helpful one! More sites
will be added as they are identified. Please let us know if you discover
any new ones. Click on one of these links to go directly to that section:
CHOIRS:
The
following is a partial list of African choirs on the internet:
• Uganda
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South Africa
CHORAL
RECORDINGS:
Lots
of the choirs listed above have cd’s. Contact them via email to inquire
about purchase.
Other commercially available recordings in the U.S. are:
Missa Luba: An African Mass / 10 Kenyan Folk Melodies
Muungano National Choir, Kenya; B. Mganga, cond; Philips 426-836-2
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Alla Massa: Christian Liturgical Chants from Guine
Recorded at Petit Séminaire Jean XXIII by the young seminary students.
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CD’s which come along with some print music collections listed here. |
CHORAL
PUBLISHERS, COMPOSERS, etc.:
• Information
Centre for South African Music
The Information Centre for Southern African Music (ISAM) aims to promote South
African art music and indigenous South African music as well as initiate research
in this field. www.puk.ac.za/musdocs/isam/index.html
LANGUAGE
LINKS:
• Swahili: The Kamusi Project (www.yale.edu/swahili) - An online "living
Swahili dictionary."
• This is the site for translating or hearing (yes, hearing) a
foreign word or phrase. Go to the main page and then select a country or flag:
www.travlang.com/languages/index.html
CHORAL
FESTIVALS:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Foreword
/ Musical Instructions, in Freedom is Coming: Songs of Protest and Praise
from South Africa,
A.N. (ed.), Editor. 1984, Utryck: Uppsala. p. 4-6.
Introduction,
in Sing Freedom! Songs of South African Life, M. Hamilton, Editor. 1993,
Novello: London. p. 1-12.
Hauptfleish,
S., Choral Singing in Africa. International Choral Bulletin, 1992
(Jan.). v.11(n.2): p. 4-8.
Hawn,
C.M., Rhythm of Community. Reformed Worhship, 1999. v.50: p. 33-37.
Kavyu,
P.N., The Development of Choral Music in East Africa: The Kenya Case.
International Choral Bulletin,
1997 (Jan.). v.16(n.2): p. 5.
Kazarow,
P., Contemporary African Choral Art Music: An Intercultural Perspective.
Choral Journal, 1993 (May).
v.33(n.10): p. 19-26.
Loots,
J.J.G., Observations on Choral Music in Africa. International Choral
Bulletin, 1992 (Jan.). v.11(n.2): p. 9.
Mbuyamba,
L., The Choral Music of Africa. International Choral Bulletin,
1992 (Oct.). v.12(n.1): p. 13-15.
Sartiaux,
P., Traditional Aspects of vocal Music in Rwanda and Burundi. International
Choral Bulletin, 1997 (Jan.).
v.16(n.2): p. 16-17.
Suttner,
K., Music and Dance in the Orthodox Church of Ethopia. International
Choral Bulletin, 1997 (Jan.).
v.16(n.2): p. 15-16.
The
writings of Archbishop Desmond Tutu:
Crying
in the Wilderness [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982]
Hope and Suffering [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983]
The Rainbow People of God [NY: Doubleday, 1994]
An African Prayer Book [NY: Doubleday, 1995]
Michael Battle, Reconciliation: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu
[Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1997]
VIDEOS:
Cry, The Beloved Country
The Power of One
Cry Freedom
Missa Luba: An African Mass - Philips video
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©1999-2005,
Dr. Marian Dolan |
written/posted:
June. 1999
last updated: 8. July. 2005
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