Culture: Soweto Gospel Choir was formed in Soweto South Africa in 2002, by David Mulovhedzi. They started out with less then 20 singers in the group and now have around 50 members who travel and sing with the group. They have won many national and international awards.
Instrumentation: Voice, percussion (drumset and hand drums), bass guitar (held in his right hand?), keyboard.
As I was listening to this piece, I heard many different languages in this one piece so i looked it up. In Soweto, many different languages are joined together making a language called tsotsitaal. The other part that grabbed my attention was how sometimes the singers were singing in english and incorporating Bob Marley's One Love original that he wrote. So not only did they infuse many of their own languages but they also incorporated Jamaican, American known music into the song as well. Their outfits are also very unique to their culture. This connects to the Abril when talking about cultural authenticity. I haven't done too much research on the Soweto culture but from what I have done this is a well know piece and many of their other pieces use this multi language way of writing; which I would consider pretty authentic to their own culture.
This is a great piece to talk about authenticity with. It's hard to argue that their music is not authentic to their culture when they made up a whole new language. This is a really interesting concept and would be a great project for students to research as well. This would be a nice addition to a curriculum and would be unique, keeping the students interested.
The gospel aspects of this music show further fusion with African-American styles as well. Such an interesting blend. I have a CD of theirs on which they play a piece of music with kitchen equipment as their interpretation of their meal time. It's interesting and students are able to connect with it easily.
This is a great piece to talk about authenticity with. It's hard to argue that their music is not authentic to their culture when they made up a whole new language. This is a really interesting concept and would be a great project for students to research as well. This would be a nice addition to a curriculum and would be unique, keeping the students interested.
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ReplyDeleteThe gospel aspects of this music show further fusion with African-American styles as well. Such an interesting blend. I have a CD of theirs on which they play a piece of music with kitchen equipment as their interpretation of their meal time. It's interesting and students are able to connect with it easily.
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