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.
