Mvet Ai Mandzang: Music of the Beti / Various: Mvet Ai Mandzang - Music Of The Beti

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Title:

Mvet Ai Mandzang - Music Of The Beti

Artist:

Various Artists

Label:

Wergo Germany

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

4010228171129

Genre:

International

Sub Genre:

Cameroon

Release Date:

2005-08-09

Number of Discs:

1

The zither with notched bridge, "mvet," and the "mendzang" xylophone are the most important musical instruments of the Beti of southern Cameroon. Traditional epic ballads and love songs are accompanied by the zither. The xylophone groups play very rhythmically and melodiously, in general on public and festive occasions. The recordings for this CD within Wergo's series "Museum Collection Berlin" were made in 1984 in Cameroon and in 1989 in Berlin, at a time when this tradition was still alive. First recordings.

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