Merako ya Jeriko
( The walls of Jeriko )
(The walls of Jeriko)
( Merako ya Jeriko e a kgerega )
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:
Sotho
Genre-Style-Form:
Struggle song ; Folk music ; Call and response ; Secular
Mood of the piece:
festive ; hopeful ; joyous
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
G major
Duration:
3.0 min.
Origin:
South Africa
Musicological Sources:
A folk song with struggle connotations. Literally 'the walls of Jeriko are collapsing' refers to the structures of apartheid that started disintegrating in the 1990's
Source of text:
traditional text
