Caluza's Double Quartet, 1930

Track Listings

 
1. Ubungca (Oxford Bags)
2. Ingoduso
3. Influenza (1918)
4. Sa Ni Bona
5. Ixegwana
6. Vul 'Indhlela, Mnta Ka Dube
7. Umteto We Land Act
8. Bayete
9. Umtshado (Kuhle Kwetu)
10. Zebras (Amadube)
11. Iculo la Setafamasi
12. Uhiki Nomana
13. Ngi Tshele, Dudu
14. Dudu, Si Xotshwa Emsebenzini
15. Kwati Be Lele
16. M Lete Jimi
17. Wa Q'um Udalimede
18. Amanigel Coons
19. Idipu E Tekwini
20. Ba Bulawa Ini Abakiti

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Caluza's Double Quartet, 1930
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A Rosetta stone of South African music
Caluza's Double Quartet, 1930
Reuben T. Caluza
Manufacturer: Heritage Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Africa | International | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000039XO
Release Date: 1995-12-07

Tracks:

  1. Ubungca (Oxford Bags)
  2. Ingoduso
  3. Influenza (1918)
  4. Sa Ni Bona
  5. Ixegwana
  6. Vul 'Indhlela, Mnta Ka Dube
  7. Umteto We Land Act
  8. Bayete
  9. Umtshado (Kuhle Kwetu)
  10. Zebras (Amadube)
  11. Iculo la Setafamasi
  12. Uhiki Nomana
  13. Ngi Tshele, Dudu
  14. Dudu, Si Xotshwa Emsebenzini
  15. Kwati Be Lele
  16. M Lete Jimi
  17. Wa Q'um Udalimede
  18. Amanigel Coons
  19. Idipu E Tekwini
  20. Ba Bulawa Ini Abakiti

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Rosetta stone of South African music.......2002-07-09

The Caluza group recorded several dozen songs in the early 1930s, and their style is unmistakably the precursor of the South African choral style of groups such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Black Umfolozi, which Paul Simon helped popularize in the 1980s. Stylistically, these recordings are similar to American jubilee gospel styles, although the harmonies and cross-melodies are distinctively South African. Led by a sometimes-plinky piano, the vocalists bring to life the compositions of Reuben Tholakele Caluza, a teacher at the ANC-related Ohlange Institute. Despite the churchy delivery, the lyrics deal with social hardships such as unemployment and police harassment which Africans suffered under the apartheid system. Fans of South African music should find this disc stunning; for the rest of us, it may be a bit dry.

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  6. Deixa Eu Ser Teu [Import]
  7. Dreaming Didgeridoo
  8. Du Und Ich [Import]
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