Description: Scope/Content: [This is probably music for the play Danda, based on Nkem Nwankwo's (1964) comedic novel of the same title] 1) Instrumental selections - Flute with rattle, bell, drums, and tuned idiophones2) Environmental sounds3) [Xylophones, lamellophones] drums, rattle4) Drums and [xylophones, lamellophones] , and chorus at a dance tempo - distorted recording5) Instrumental selections - Flute with rattle, bell, drums, and tuned idiophones6) "Danda" theme with leader and chorus7) Instrumental selections - Flute with rattle, bell, drums, and tuned idiophones.
Item number: 2005.09_020. Includes updated metadata from Jesse Ruskin.Conserv. note: Digitized 2012-07-12 at 24bit/96khz. Staff note: Hand written liner notes included.
Participant/Performer Note
Contributors: Darius Louis Thieme.
Original Version
Reproduction of: No Title. Danda Safety Copy Reel-2 (from "Scorch Season"). n.d. sound tape reel: 7 1/2 ips, single track, mono.; 7 in. Field Recording.
Location of Originals
UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, University of California, Los Angeles
Copyright Note
UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, University of California, Los Angeles