SA choir, piano reduction
- Early intermediate
SKU: GI.G-8801
Mangwani Mpulele / Ise
Oluwa. Arranged by
Andrea Ramsey. Children.
Music for Young
Voices,Young Voices-ES.
Music Education. Octavo.
4 pages. GIA Publications
#8801. Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-8801).
UPC: 785147880103.
Sotho, Yoruba. Text
Source: 1. Sotho folk
song, 2. Yoruba
(Nigerian) song.
1.
Mangwani mpulele is a
Sotho folk song of the
Bantu people in South
Africa, Lesotho, and
Botswana. It was made
popular in the United
States by The Kingston
Trio, a prominent part of
the folk revival of the
1950s and 1960s. One
rendering of the text
into English has: Aunt,
open the door for me. I
am getting wet with rain.
Whether it’s here or
whether it’s there, I
am getting wet with rain.
2. Ise oluwa is a
well-known Yoruba
(Nigerian) Christian song
that was made widely
popular by the African
American singing group
Sweet Honey in the Rock.
It was first arranged (or
perhaps composed) by
Thomas Ekundayo Phillips
(1884–1969), the
“father” of Nigerian
church music, when he was
organist and choir
director at the Anglican
cathedral in Lagos,
Nigeria. The translation
of the text is: The works
of God cannot be undone.
Improvised percussion
should be played
throughout both songs,
intensifying where
percussion fills are
indicated. Appropriate
instruments include:
djembe (or low-sounding
hand drums), shekeres,
agogo bells, or gourd
rattles. SA voices with
improvised
percussion.