Research Catalog

Title

The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 17: The Middle East and Africa II [videorecording]

Publication

1969-1987.

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Details

Description

1 cassette. 55 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Series Statement

JVC video anthology of world music and dance ; 17

Subject

• Television. JVC video anthology of world music and dance
• Dance > Egypt
• Dance > Tunisia
• Dance > Morocco
• Dance > Mali
• Dance > Cameroon
• Dance > Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Dance > Tanzania
• Music > Egypt
• Music > Morocco
• Berbers
• Dogon (African people) > Dances
• Music > Cameroon
• Maasai (African people) > Dances
• Belly dance
• Street entertainers
• Acrobatics
• Mask dances
• Stilt dances
• Animal dances

Note

• Video series produced by JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.), in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. Producer: Katsumori Ichikawa. Directors: Kunihiko Nakagawa and Yuji Ichihashi. Editorial director: Tomoaki Fujii. Distributed by Rounder Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For the accompanying program guide, see: *MGS (General) 92-2700.

Contents

CONTENTS: Egypt. No. 17-1: Egyptian popular song: "Ana gambak ya kol Iraqi." Perf. by Taufiq Farid (lead vocalist) and others. -- Tunisia. No. 17-2: Bedouin dance. -- No. 17-3: Ma'luf [classical music]. -- Morocco. No. 17-4: Berber dance. -- No. 17-5: Nawba [classical music]: prelude to "Sunset." Perf. by the El-Fhuna ensemble. -- No. 17-6: Saharan dance: "Iwana." -- No. 17-7: Berber street musicians. -- No. 17-8: Imdyazn [minstrels]. -- No. 17-9: Street artists of Marrakech. -- Mali. The Dogon. No. 17-10: Masked dance of the Dogon. -- Cameroon. The Fulbe. No. 17-11: Praise song for King Iisa. Sanai [wind instrument], played by Iisa Gannjal. -- No. 17-12: Sansa [finger piano]. Perf. by Huseyni Timmbiri. -- No. 17-13: Balafon [xylophone]. Perf. by Jawro Njaa (lead balafon) and others. -- No. 17-14: Dummbo [calabash instrument]. Perf. by Jaalige (lead singer) and others. -- No. 17-15: Buusaw [animal horn flute]. -- No. 17-16: Garayya [bowed instrument]. Perf. by Faalama (lead singer) and others. -- No. 17-17: Minstrel poet of Maroua, performing mbooku [lyrical poems]. Perf. by Aakal. -- No. 17-18: Minstrel poet of Dargala, performing mbooku. Perf. by Basiiru. -- No. 17-19: Cowherd's song of Bogo town. Perf. by Buuba Gerdele. -- No. 17-20: Drum performance of Guirvidik town. Includes dance. -- Zaire. The Mbuti. No. 17-21: Dance of the Mbuti. -- Tanzania. The Masai. No. 17-22: Dance of the Masai.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1473

OCLC

NYPY926041156-F

Title

The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 17: The Middle East and Africa II [videorecording]

Imprint

1969-1987.

Series

JVC video anthology of world music and dance ; 17

Summary

Music and dance of Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali (Dogon people), Cameroon (Fulbe), Zaire (Mbuti), and Tanzania (Masai). No. 1 recorded at the Babylon music festival in Babylon, Iraq, in October 1987. Nos. 2 to 5, 9 recorded on location and telecast by NHK/Japan in 1974. Nos. 6 to 8 recorded in Marrakech, Morocco, in May 1979. No. 10 recorded in Mali in June 1982. Nos. 11 to 13 recorded in Cameroon in December 1984. Nos. 14 to 20 recorded in Cameroon in January 1985. No. 21 recorded in Zaire in August 1983. No. 22 recorded in Tanzania and telecast by NHK/Japan in 1969.

Local Subject

Television. JVC video anthology of world music and dance.

Dance -- Egypt.

Dance -- Tunisia.

Dance -- Morocco.

Dance -- Mali.

Dance -- Cameroon.

Dance -- Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Dance -- Tanzania.

Music -- Egypt.

Music -- Morocco.

Berbers.

Dogon (African people) -- Dances.

Music -- Cameroon.

Maasai (African people) -- Dances.

Belly dance.

Street entertainers.

Local Subject

Mask dances.

Stilt dances.

Animal dances.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1473