UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Alfred Gei Zantzinger recordings: Songs of the Adventurers, 1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Zantzinger, Alfred Gei
Title
UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Alfred Gei Zantzinger recordings: Songs of the Adventurers
Dates
1987
Quantity
1 videotapes  :  EC - 1 vct (VHS, sp. stereo, color); Duration: 00:47:00
Collection Number
1997001
Summary
Published by Constant Spring Productions, c1987.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Access is restricted.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Alfred Geist Zantzinger (1936-2007) was a director and producer of documentaries on traditional types of music throughout the world, including musics of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Lesotho, South Africa, and Brittany. Zantzinger earned BA and MA degrees in folklore and anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Film about the "Difela" tradition practiced by migrant laborers among the Basotho people of Lesotho, directed and produced by Gei Zantzinger; narrated by David Coplan.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Ethnomusicology
  • Video recordings in ethnomusicology

Geographical Names

  • Africa
  • South Africa

Form or Genre Terms

  • Video recordings