Melo yelo
( Nanzi melo yelo ma )
Arr.: Bopape, Matlakala (born in 19..) [ South Africa ; Polokwane ]
Edition
Published by
Northern Harmony Publishing
[USA ; Vermont]
, 2008
; in The Folk Rhythm, Vol. 2
(82 p.)
Number of pages :
2
Editor or author of the restitution:
Patty Cuyler
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
Xhosa
Genre-Style-Form:
Struggle song ; Folk music ; Call and response ; Secular
Mood of the piece:
sustained ; agressive ; exhortant ; angry
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
F major
Duration:
3.0 min.
Origin:
South Africa
Musicological Sources:
A struggle song from the period of Apartheid. Melo yelo was the name for the armored yellow police vans that would arrest and haul away protesters. Their arrival always heralded trouble in the townships. During a humming section of the songs revolutiona
Source of text:
traditional text
