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Music, more technically speaking "hymns" or "psalms" (Mezmur — መዝሙር – in Amharic, [citation needed] the official language of Ethiopia, and also in other Ethiopian-Eritrean languages as well) plays a big role in preaching and the daily life of P'ent'ay/Evangelical Christians.
March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia" (Amharic: ወደፊት ገስግሺ ውድ እናት ኢትዮጵያ, romanized: Wedefīt Gesigishī Wid Inat ītiyop’iya [1]), also known by its incipit as "Honour of Citizenship" (Amharic: የዜግነት ክብር, romanized: Yezēginet Kibir), is the national anthem of Ethiopia.
In 2007, The Emahoy Tsege Mariam Music Foundation was set up to help children in need, both in Africa and in the Washington, D.C. metro area, to study music by way of scholarships, camps, and various music-oriented programs. [19] In 2017, BBC Radio 4 released an audio documentary on Emahoy's life entitled The Honky Tonk Nun. [20]
The Ethiopian Ministry of Culture and Tourism awarded him for his contribution to Ethiopian music in 2021. [3] [better source needed] Kamuzu was named Addis Music Award's Best Composer of the Year in 2018. [4] Fana Broadcasting Corporate awarded him for his contribution to Ethiopian Music on 27 September 2021. [5]
Zeritu Kebede [1] was born in Addis Ababa on 19 February 1984. [2] [3] Her father, Kebede Woldegiorgis, was an architect, and her mother, Engida Mitiku, was a housewife who was thirty years younger than her husband.
The following is an alphabetical list of notable musicians using Amharic vocals in their musical compositions. The Amharic language is predominantly used in Ethiopia . Contents:
Ethiopian liturgical chants are based on both written and oral sources, [13] but the isolation of Ethiopia and the lack of source material make it difficult to reconstruct the exact history of Ethiopian church music. [8] The musical notation (melekket) used for the chants, is not a typical notational system since it does not represent pitch or ...
Elias has won four great awards in Ethiopia, the first of which is WIPO's International Award which was given to Ethiopian musicians, the second one which was an award given to him for composing different Kunama songs, [5] [2] the third one was given by the Fana Broadcasting Corporate, local broadcasting media, as a Life Time Award, [8] and the ...