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African portraits / Hannibal.

Author/creator Peterson, Marvin Hannibal
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoHamburg, Germany : Teldec, ℗1995.
Description1 audio disc (52 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Cantatas, Secular.
African Americans--History --Songs and music.
Other author/creatorSusso, Papa, performer.
Other author/creatorSteele, Jevetta, performer.
Other author/creatorEdwards, Honeyboy performer.
Other author/creatorGreen, Barton, performer.
Other author/creatorVan Abbema, David, performer.
Other author/creatorJones, Theodore, performer.
Other author/creatorSmith, Brian (Boy soprano), performer.
Other author/creatorBarenboim, Daniel, 1942- conductor.
Other author/creatorEye Plus One Drummers, performer.
Other author/creatorHannibal Lokumbe Quartet, performer.
Other author/creatorMorgan State University. Choir performer.
Other author/creatorKennedy-King College Community Chorus, performer.
Other author/creatorDoris Ward Workshop Chorale, performer.
Other author/creatorChicago Symphony Orchestra performer.
Contents Act 1, The drum and the cross. Libation : harvest, 16th century West Africa, griot : "Dafengba!" (2:28) ; Chorus : Duwa beh (3:53) ; Attack/Subjugation (8:37) ; The middle passage (4:52) -- Act 2, The land of milk and honey. Auction : Potter's mart, Charleston, South Carolina, 1833 (2:32) ; Wailing song (Ruben Gonzales, violin) (1:14) ; Victor Nelson's cotton field, Elgin, Texas, 1940 (5:36) ; Music man, Shaw, Mississippi, Delta swamp, 1945 (3:12) ; The Three Deuces Club, 52nd Street, New York City, 1952 (10:47) ; Chorus : You can find a way (2:48) ; 400 years ago today, living inside the clear glass cell, Bensonhurst, New York, 1989 (1:52) ; Redemption (3:01) ; Epilogue, kora (1:04).
General noteCantata, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteLibretto and bibliography ([30] p.) inserted in container.
Performer Alhaji "Papa" Bunka Susso, griot ; Eye Plus One Drummers, African drummers ; Jevetta Steele, gospel singer ; David "Honeyboy" Edwards, blues singer ; Hannibal Lokumbe Quartet ; Barton Green, tenor ; David van Abbema, baritone ; Theodore Jones, baritone ; Brian Smith, boy soprano ; Morgan State University Choir ; Kennedy-King College Community Chorus ; Doris Ward Workshop Chorale ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded live, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, May 1995.
LanguageSung in English and Mandingo.
UPC 4509988022
Publisher number4509-98802-2 Teldec

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