Monday, September 17, 2018

ETHIOPIA The Music of Ethiopia – Azmari Music of the Amharas – Anthology AST 6000

ETHIOPIA – ÉTHIOPIE
The Music of Ethiopia – Azmari Music of the Amharas – Anthology AST 6000, recorded by Ashenafi Kebede, 1967 (LP)
African Music Tribal Christian Traditional Amharas Ethiopian Bard minstrel music
African Music Tribal Christian Traditional Amharas Ethiopian Bard minstrel music
African Music Tribal Christian Traditional Amharas Ethiopian Bard minstrel music
African Music Tribal Christian Traditional Amharas Ethiopian Bard minstrel music
African Music Tribal Christian Traditional Amharas Ethiopian Bard minstrel music
African Music Tribal Christian Traditional Amharas Ethiopian Bard minstrel music

This anthology showcases the music of the Azmari bards, or minstrels, from the Amhara Region in Northeastern Ethiopia. Most Amharas, aka as Abyssinians, are Christians, members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church founded in the 4th century. 

The gorgeous program featured here includes Melaku Gelaw playing solo washint wooden flute (A1, A4) and solo krar lyre (A2); and singing and playing krar (B1); Wolde Marriam singing and playing krar (A3); the powerful and inspired interplay between Asegedech Mekonnen’s spellbinding singing and Getamesay Abebe’s masinKo, or masenqo, single-stringed bowed lute (A5, A6, B2, B3); and Getamesay Abebe singing and playing masinKo (B4).

Cette anthologie présente la musique des bardes Azmari de la région d'Amhara au nord-est de l'Éthiopie. La majorité des Amhara, également appelés Abyssiniens, sont des chrétiens, membres de l'Église éthiopienne orthodoxe Tewahedo fondée au IVème siècle.

Le superbe programme présenté ici comprend Melaku Gelaw jouant de la flûte en bois washint (A1, A4) et de la lyre krar (A2) ; et chantant et jouant du krar (B1) ; Wolde Marriam chantant et jouant du krar (A3) ; l’interaction puissante et inspirée entre le chant envoûtant d’Asegedech Mekonnen et la vièle à archet monocorde masinKo, ou masenqo, jouée par Getamesay Abebe (A5, A6, B2, B3) ; et le chant de Getamesay Abebe s’accompagnant au masinKo (B4).


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African Music Tribal Christian Traditional Amharas Ethiopian Bard minstrel music

The photographs below are from African Ark: People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa by Graham Hancock, photographs by Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith, Harry N. Abrams, 1990:


MusicRepublic African Ark: People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa by Graham Hancock, photographs by Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith,  Harry N. Abrams


MusicRepublic African Ark: People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa by Graham Hancock, photographs by Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith,  Harry N. Abrams


MusicRepublic African Ark: People and Ancient Cultures of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa by Graham Hancock, photographs by Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith,  Harry N. Abrams


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