Item : Hallelujah ! DVD01

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Accra

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"Filmed in 2005, Hallelujah! presents an African ta lking drums version of Georg Friedrich Handel's Hallelujah chorus, as staged and performed by legendary drummer Ghanaba together with the Winneba Youth Choir. Ghanaba's unique approach to Handel mixes elements of African, Christian, and Islamic ritual with formal European concert performance, Ghanaian ceremony, and improvisation. The performance, filmed in a single continuous shot at Ghanaba's request, and framed by his introductory remarks, is followed by a feedback conversation, filmed in 2007, discussing the place of African, jazz, European, and "world" musics in his career. One hundred historical photographs appear in this section as weil. The film was launched in Ghana by the Goethe Institut on Ghanaba's 85th birthday, May, 4, 2008, to honor one of the country's best known musicians. He passed away on December 22, 2008."
(Extrait du livret)

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CNRSMH_E_2010_005_001_001

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DVD01

Remarks

Producer and Video: Steven Feld
Editor: Jeremiah Ra Richards
Location Sound: Nana Agazi
Still Photographs and Associate Producer: Nii Yemo Nunu
Archival images courtesy African Heritage Library

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Oct. 23, 2012, 11:03 a.m.