Akhala amaqhude amabili (1970)
(Two cocks crowing)
( Kikilikigi! )
... Combines two Zulu folk songs - bars 1 to 41 and 42 to 80. Was arranged for the Massed Choir Festival in the momentous year of 1994 - the theme: "nation-building". ...
Arr.: Khumalo, James Steven Mzilikazi (1932-2021) [ South Africa ]
Edition
Published by
Samro
[South Africa]
, 1998
; in South Africa Sings vol 1
(63 p.)
Number of pages :
13
Type of material:
Solfa notation included ; Full score
Copyright :
SAMRO
ISMN/ISBN :
0 86964 566 8
Description
Text in:
Zulu
Epoque:
20th century
(1950-1999)
Genre-Style-Form:
Folk music
Mood of the piece:
patriotic
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Soloist(s):
Soprano (1) OR Tenor (1) (2 soloist(s))
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
A flat major
Duration:
7.5 min.
Number of verses:
1
Origin:
Kwazulu-Natal
Musicological Sources:
Folk music
Source of text:
Traditional
Data about the life of the work:
First performed by massed choir in 1994, the year of the institution of the first democratically elected government for the Republic of South Africa.
