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  2. Ethiopian Golden Age of music - Wikipedia

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    The Ethiopian Golden Age of Music was an era of Ethiopian music that began around the 1960s to 1970s, until the Derg regime progressively diminished its presence through politically motivated persecutions and retributions against musicians and companies, which left many to self-imposed exile to North America and Europe.

  3. Ethio-jazz - Wikipedia

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    He went on to pursue a formal education in music at Holy Trinity College in London. Astatke was interested in promoting traditional Ethiopian music to Western audiences. Beginning in 1958, he also studied jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston. There, he successfully combined Ethiopian music with Western jazz and rhythms, conceiving "Ethio ...

  4. Music of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Complex rhythms: Ethiopian music is known for its intricate rhythmic patterns, as with the case for many African music, often featuring irregular meters and syncopation. Vocal styles: Traditional Ethiopian singing includes a variety of vocal techniques, such as melismatic, ornamentation, vocal slides, and call-and-response structures. In terms ...

  5. Fendika Cultural Center - Wikipedia

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    It was created as a folk music house (azmari bet) in the early 1990s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Owned and run by Ethiopian dancer and choreographer Melaku Belay, Fendika Cultural Center is a cultural hub that offers classes, workshops, art exhibits, jazz nights, and cultural activities, beginning with displays of local painters and monthly poetry readings.

  6. Orthodox Tewahedo music - Wikipedia

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    Orthodox Tewahedo music refers to sacred music of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The music was long associated with Zema (chant), developed by the six century composer Yared . It is essential part of liturgical service in the Church and classified into fourteen anaphoras, with the normal use being the Twelve Apostles .

  7. Telela Kebede - Wikipedia

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    Ethiopian playwright Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin incorporated Telela's gifted singing voice in his 1974 play; Ha Hu Besidist Wer. [2] In that same year, Telela Kebede was briefly (three months) sent to prison by the newly installed Derg regime for singing a song, " Lomi Tera Tera " (lit., Lemon quarters); that warned of the dissolution of her country.

  8. List of musicians using Amharic vocals - Wikipedia

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  9. Alemayehu Eshete - Wikipedia

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    Alemayehu Eshete Andarge (Amharic: ዓለማየሁ እሸቴ አንዳርጌ; June 1941 – 2 September 2021) was an Ethiopian singer, widely known as the "Abyssinian Elvis" for his dynamic performances and his fusion of traditional Ethiopian music with Western rock and roll influences. [2]