UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Mitchel Strumpf recordings: Panpipes: Ngororombe, 1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Strumpf, Mitchel
Title
UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Mitchel Strumpf recordings: Panpipes: Ngororombe
Dates
1989
Quantity
1 videotapes  :  EC - 1 vct (VHS, sp, color); Duration: 00:52:00
Collection Number
1991007
Summary
Recorded by Mitchel Strumpf in Uzumba, eastern Zimbabwe, in 1989.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Undefined

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Mitchel Strumpf (1943–2018), from New York, was an ethnomusicologist, performer, writer, researcher, and music educator. He worked for eight years as a music professor at the University of Dar es Salaam and then later at the Dhow Countries Music Academy, in Zanzibar, Tanzania. His life work, spanning over 50 years, revolved around promoting music education and various music traditions of different communities on the African continent.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Archives copy made (VHS -> VHS) during a visit by Strumpf 8-9-91; he deposited copy in our collection at that time.

Contents: Ngororombe - panpipes ensemble of the Shona people.

Documentation provided by Claire Jones, 3/96 (present at recording)

Total duration: 52 min.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Ethnomusicology
  • Shona--Africa--Southern Africa

Geographical Names

  • Africa
  • Zimbabwe

Form or Genre Terms

  • Video recordings

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Mudzimuuripo Ngororombe Club (performer)