| Ethiopiques, Vol. 21: Ethiopia Song |  | Artist: Tsegué-Maryam GuÃ..brou
Label: Buda Musique
Category: Music
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Sales Rank: 135,961
Format: Import
Language: English (Unknown)
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 3341348601229
ASIN: B000BU9FOQ
Release Date: February 14, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Homeless Wanderer | | • | The Last Tears of a Deceased | | • | A Young Girl's Complaint | | • | The Mad Man's Laughter | | • | Presentiment | | • | Mother's Love | | • | Ballad of the Spirits | | • | The Song of the Sea | | • | Homesickness | | • | Golgotha | | • | The Jordan River Song | | • | The Garden of Gethesemanie | | • | The Song of Abayi | | • | The Story of the Wind | | • | Evening Breeze | | • | Tenkou! Why Feel Sorry? |
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If the listener did not have the CD cover handy, it would be difficult to guess who this artist is or where she hails from. Emahoy TseguÈ-Maryam GuÈbrou was born into a prominent literary Ethiopian family in 1923 and partly educated in Europe. The lovely young girl studied piano and violin but political vicissitudes in her homeland led to an unsettled and peripatetic youth. Dispirited by events in her life, she found consolation in religion and became a nun. Although dedicated to teaching at an orphanage, she nonetheless found time to create a series of slightly jazz-influenced, neo-classical pieces, many of which are showcased here. The material is culled from two LPs that were released in 1963, when she was 40 years of age. Meditations on bible themes and the beauties of nature were her favorite subjects and her compositions were often built around recognizably Ethiopian melodic structures. But they also reveal refracted shards of what would certainly be cited as influences if only it could be established she had ever heard the works of Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, Abdullah Ibrahim and especially, Eric Satie. But ultimately, Sister GuÈbrou seems to be a lone reed -- but a very beautiful one. --Christina Roden
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