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Hugh Tracey

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Gender Male
Death47 years ago
Date of birth January 29,1903
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Willand
United Kingdom
DiedJohannesburg
South Africa
ChildrenAndrew Tracey
AlbumsBeating Heart - South Africa (Originals) - Recorded by Hugh Tracey
Record labels Dust-to-Digital
Beating Heart
Job Musicologist
Ethnomusicologist
SongsSomagwaza
Nguluwe
Ndamutemba Nyanga
Ea ema nthodona matsetsela
Mohodo
Bilimankhwe
Nkonkonko
Amadoda a Lenge
Acinkanja
Lewasi Ndijarabasu
Nyakmtyela egageni
Misonzi
Ikomo siyaibulaa
Tabiya
Kulira Kwa Ng'omba
Cin'goma Ca Kubaruku
Mukadzi Wangi
Tisankhe Lero
Inkulu in ezakwenzeka
Lefatse le tletse meea e mebe
Kanthu Pa Ingalandi
Munthu Na Chinkwanya
Amai Ndinlule
Mama ndaswelindawo ngendaba
Ikostina
Hugh Tracey Speaks
Maga kumaziyanziya
Bayeza
Tula mntwana
Mkazi Wa Mulomo
Dukathole
Tula Tula
Date of died October 23,1977
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Date of Upd.
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Hugh Tracey Life story


Hugh Travers Tracey was an English ethnomusicologist. He and his wife collected and archived music from Southern and Central Africa. From the 1920s through the 1970s, Tracey made over 35,000 recordings of African folk music. He popularized the mbira internationally under the name kalimba.

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