Hugh Tracey
Biographic Data
| ID | 106703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hugh Tracey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hugh |
| FAMILY NAME | Tracey |
| SIGNATURE | TRACEY H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1932 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Historical Recordings by Hugh Tracey
The "sound of Africa" series
African Music on LP: An Annotated Discography
Chopi Musicians: Their Music, Poetry and Instruments
Codification of African Music and Textbook Project: A Primer of Practical Suggestions for Field Research
The Mbira class of African instruments in Rhodesia (1932)
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, throughout Rhodesia and into Mozambique. Generally speaking it is a small instrument which is held in the two hands and played by plucking the metal reeds or lamellae, which produce the notes, with the thumb and first finger of each hand. These metal reeds, either of iron or brass, generally the former, are fixed onto a wooden sound board of convenien…
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"The sound of Africa" Series of Long Playing Records
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Cajetan L unsonga.Head Teacher of Chibote
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Obituary: Hans Cory, O.B.E. 1889-1962
HANS CORY was an extraordinary person in so many ways.Born in Vienna and an early student of Freud, he came to Africa at Freud's request to study the dreams of Mricans in what was then German East Mrica.Caught up by the 1914-1918 war, Hans Cory spent several years in a prison camp in Palestine but returned to Tanganyika to grow sisal.This was not his true vocation and it was not long before his
The Importance of African Music in the Preseny Day
The lost valley: A feature programme for broadcasting
Based upon the story of that part of the great Zambezi Valley in Southern Africa which has recently been submerged beneath the waters of the Kariba Dam
Recording tour of the Tswana tribe: Western Transvaal and Bechuanaland Protectorate, October - November, 1959
Little or nothing has been written or recorded in the last 25 years on the subject of Tswana music, and when the Field Recording Unit cf the Library set out to try to fill part of this gap, careful preparations were made beforehand. On account of the relatively short distances from the Library Headquarters which were involved and from well founded suspicions that the Tswana were not inclined to be co-operative, it was decided to make a preliminar…
Basutoland recording tour, November 19th to December 3rd, 1959
For the short period in which the recording unit is active in the country of the tribes concerned we live intensely in the atmosphere of local society, ruler and ruled, teacher and taught, each with their special contemporary problems, the more so because the nature of our research gives us a background of similar conditions from other regions where we have been to collect music. Basutoland was no exception, although in view of the forthcoming co…
The future of music in Basutoland
There is a popular impression among the general public that folk music is a thing of the past and of no modern importance. This no doubt arises from a misconception of the function of music in society and also from the notion that the practice of European folk musics is a revivalist art, and, therefore, African music must fall into the same category. This is far from the truth which, in this case, is hidden under a mass of false assumptions and p…
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A tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Gustav Holst (1874-1934) and Percy Scholes (1877-1958)
The lives of all three as composers and writers may seem to have their settings far removed from Africa and its distinctive folk music styles. Yet a common element which made them great, and is equally important for Africa, was a clear and practical understanding of the true position of folk musics in the whole gamut of musical practice
African music within its social setting
The social setting of present day African Folk Music varies from that of the most remote tribes tucked away in the vast forests, almost oblivious of the outside world, to the homes of the towns people, some of them in the second and third generation of urban families, often of mixed tribal parentage and forming a new lower and middle class of skilled and semi-skilled industrial workers. There is a correspondingly wide range of musics to be found …
Towards an assessment of African scales
It would appear from the evidence of certain writers on African music that there still remains much confusion about the subject of African scales and modes. A tenacious misconception continually occurs, namely that African scales or modal systems are but an imperfect imitation of, or striving towards, the western system. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth. It is with the intention of opening the subject for discussion by members …
Recording in the lost valley
Collecting the music of the Valley Tonga Tribe in the Gwembe district, of the Zambesi Valley, 21st to 30th June, 1957
The African Music Society
Notes on Canon Lury's article
Canon Lury expresses in this article (which we reproduce by kind permission of the Editor of The Journal of the Universitiesâ€TM Mission to Central Africa) several opinions which have been gaining ground throughout Africa in recent years. The African Music Society and the staff of the International Library of African Music have found increasing interest in the possibility of bringing scientific knowledge to bear upon this important part of missio…
Recording African music in the field
With the steady increase in the number of persons in Africa who own and operate small recording machines the technique of recording African music, as opposed to any other kind, is coming under discussion. It is rare that any African recordings are made under ideal conditions, and even the best equipped studio is not necessarily the right place for recording items which may sound best only in the background. There are so many facets to the art of …
Chopi Musicians: Their Music, Poetry and Instruments
The "sound of Africa" series
The Mbira class of African instruments in Rhodesia (1932)
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, throughout Rhodesia and into Mozambique. Generally speaking it is a small instrument which is held in the two hands and played by plucking the metal reeds or lamellae, which produce the notes, with the thumb and first finger of each hand. These metal reeds, either of iron or brass, generally the former, are fixed onto a wooden sound board of convenien…
Towards an assessment of African scales
It would appear from the evidence of certain writers on African music that there still remains much confusion about the subject of African scales and modes. A tenacious misconception continually occurs, namely that African scales or modal systems are but an imperfect imitation of, or striving towards, the western system. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth. It is with the intention of opening the subject for discussion by members …
Historical Recordings by Hugh Tracey
Codification of African Music and Textbook Project: A Primer of Practical Suggestions for Field Research
The Social Role of African Music
The well-known South African collector of indigenous music visited Britain last autumn to collect funds for an international African music library to be organised by the African Music Society of Johannesburg. In the course of this mission, which was successful, Mr. Tracey gave a lecture demonstration to members of the International African Institute, Royal Empire Society and Royal African Society. We reproduce the remarks he then made, with an in…
The Significance of African Folk Music
Basutoland and Its New Paramount Chief
BASUTOLAND AND ITS NEW PARAMOUNT CHIEF Get access HUGH TRACEY HUGH TRACEY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume XXXIX, Issue CLVII, October 1940, Pages 306–315, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a101049 Published: 01 October 1940
Basutoland's Gift to Britain
A Broadcast Talk given from the Bloemfontein Studios of the South African Broadcasting Corporation on October 19th, 1940, the day on which the gift of £100,000 was made. Broadcast by
The Social Role of African Music
The well-known South African collector of indigenous music visited Britain last autumn to collect funds for an international African music library to be organised by the African Music Society of Johannesburg. In the course of this mission, which was successful, Mr. Tracey gave a lecture demonstration to members of the International African Institute, Royal Empire Society and Royal African Society. We reproduce the remarks he then made, with an in…
Recording African music in the field
With the steady increase in the number of persons in Africa who own and operate small recording machines the technique of recording African music, as opposed to any other kind, is coming under discussion. It is rare that any African recordings are made under ideal conditions, and even the best equipped studio is not necessarily the right place for recording items which may sound best only in the background. There are so many facets to the art of …
Notes on Canon Lury's article
Canon Lury expresses in this article (which we reproduce by kind permission of the Editor of The Journal of the Universitiesâ€TM Mission to Central Africa) several opinions which have been gaining ground throughout Africa in recent years. The African Music Society and the staff of the International Library of African Music have found increasing interest in the possibility of bringing scientific knowledge to bear upon this important part of missio…
Recording in the lost valley
Collecting the music of the Valley Tonga Tribe in the Gwembe district, of the Zambesi Valley, 21st to 30th June, 1957
The African Music Society
Backmatter
A tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Gustav Holst (1874-1934) and Percy Scholes (1877-1958)
The lives of all three as composers and writers may seem to have their settings far removed from Africa and its distinctive folk music styles. Yet a common element which made them great, and is equally important for Africa, was a clear and practical understanding of the true position of folk musics in the whole gamut of musical practice
African music within its social setting
The social setting of present day African Folk Music varies from that of the most remote tribes tucked away in the vast forests, almost oblivious of the outside world, to the homes of the towns people, some of them in the second and third generation of urban families, often of mixed tribal parentage and forming a new lower and middle class of skilled and semi-skilled industrial workers. There is a correspondingly wide range of musics to be found …
Towards an assessment of African scales
It would appear from the evidence of certain writers on African music that there still remains much confusion about the subject of African scales and modes. A tenacious misconception continually occurs, namely that African scales or modal systems are but an imperfect imitation of, or striving towards, the western system. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth. It is with the intention of opening the subject for discussion by members …
The lost valley: A feature programme for broadcasting
Based upon the story of that part of the great Zambezi Valley in Southern Africa which has recently been submerged beneath the waters of the Kariba Dam
Recording tour of the Tswana tribe: Western Transvaal and Bechuanaland Protectorate, October - November, 1959
Little or nothing has been written or recorded in the last 25 years on the subject of Tswana music, and when the Field Recording Unit cf the Library set out to try to fill part of this gap, careful preparations were made beforehand. On account of the relatively short distances from the Library Headquarters which were involved and from well founded suspicions that the Tswana were not inclined to be co-operative, it was decided to make a preliminar…
Basutoland recording tour, November 19th to December 3rd, 1959
For the short period in which the recording unit is active in the country of the tribes concerned we live intensely in the atmosphere of local society, ruler and ruled, teacher and taught, each with their special contemporary problems, the more so because the nature of our research gives us a background of similar conditions from other regions where we have been to collect music. Basutoland was no exception, although in view of the forthcoming co…
The future of music in Basutoland
There is a popular impression among the general public that folk music is a thing of the past and of no modern importance. This no doubt arises from a misconception of the function of music in society and also from the notion that the practice of European folk musics is a revivalist art, and, therefore, African music must fall into the same category. This is far from the truth which, in this case, is hidden under a mass of false assumptions and p…
The Importance of African Music in the Preseny Day
Backmatter
Obituary: Hans Cory, O.B.E. 1889-1962
HANS CORY was an extraordinary person in so many ways.Born in Vienna and an early student of Freud, he came to Africa at Freud's request to study the dreams of Mricans in what was then German East Mrica.Caught up by the 1914-1918 war, Hans Cory spent several years in a prison camp in Palestine but returned to Tanganyika to grow sisal.This was not his true vocation and it was not long before his
Backmatter
Cajetan L unsonga.Head Teacher of Chibote
"The sound of Africa" Series of Long Playing Records
Backmatter
Backmatter
The Mbira class of African instruments in Rhodesia (1932)
The mbira, in its several forms, occurs right through the country of the Shona speaking peoples, throughout Rhodesia and into Mozambique. Generally speaking it is a small instrument which is held in the two hands and played by plucking the metal reeds or lamellae, which produce the notes, with the thumb and first finger of each hand. These metal reeds, either of iron or brass, generally the former, are fixed onto a wooden sound board of convenien…
Codification of African Music and Textbook Project: A Primer of Practical Suggestions for Field Research
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