Sesi we
( I loved you for a long time )
(My sister)
( ke neng ke go batla )
Arr.: Bopape, Matlakala (born in 19..) [ South Africa ; Polokwane ]
Edition
Published by
Northern Harmony Publishing
[USA ; Vermont]
, 2004
; in The Folk Rhythm I
(80 p.)
Number of pages :
12
Editor or author of the restitution:
Patty Cuyler
Type of material:
Full score
Copyright :
2004
Description
Text in:
Sotho
Epoque:
20th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Folk music ; Secular ; Call and response
Mood of the piece:
dramatic
Type of Choir:
SAATB (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
D
Tonality:
F major
Duration:
3.5 min.
Number of verses:
3 sections
Origin:
South Africa
Musicological Sources:
A more extended, somewhat complicated piece with several distinct sections and a refrain, and a dance which acts out the story. A man tells a woman he has moved on in life after she and her family rejected him. He was prepared to marry her bu his parent
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