Two Songs from Nandom by Derek Bermel Chamber Music - Sheet Music
By Derek Bermel
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Two Songs from Nandom
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Chamber Music Solo Organ
SKU: PR.621005250
Composed by Derek Bermel. Sws. Score. With Standard notation. Duration 4 minutes. Peermusic Classical #62100-525. Published by Peermusic Classical (PR.621005250).UPC: 680160432479.
“Two Songs from Nandom” is based on gyil music of the Daghati and Lobi peoples, who live in Northwestern Ghana, Southern Burkina-Faso and Northeastern Côte d’Ivoire. The gyil is an eighteen-key instrument resembling a Western marimba. Tuned slabs of carved mahogany wood are bound with animal hide to a sturdy wooden frame. Each key has its own gourd resonator; crushed and flattened spider webs are seared with rubber over holes carved in the gourds, creating a buzzing membrane as the keys are struck. I acknowledge and thank the following gyil players or their assistance and support: Ngmen Baaru, Abu Kowie, Richard Na-Ile, and Mark Stone. --Derek Bermel.
