Spielt Eigene Kompositionen
Emahoy Tsegue-Mariam Guebru
Spielt Eigene Kompositionen
Boomkat Product Review:
Necessary reissue of the Ethiopian nun’s stunning 1963 debut of blues-jazz-classical solo piano works, as also found on the Éthiopiques 21: Piano Solo compilation - truly incomparable music that every home should own!
Currently approaching her 100th year on earth, Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebrou (born December 12, 1923 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian nun renowned for a preternaturally fluid, visionary and expressive style of piano playing. Nowadays she is cared for in a home for nuns in Jerusalem, suffering from dementia, but still regularly plays the piano. ‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ is the earliest document of her remarkable talents in action, drawing on decades of performance since the age of 10 (and her schooling in violin, then piano, in 1920s Switzerland) and experiences as a nun, a prisoner of war in southern Italy during WWII, her studies of St. Yared’s religious music, and years working for Emperor Haile Selassie’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Imperial Body Guard, in his captivatingly passionate and beautiful recordings.
‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ was recorded when Guebru was 40, and first issued in Germany with the help of Emperor Haile Selassie. All five parts have since found heir way onto the seminal Éthiopiques series, and more recently repressed on vinyl via the stewardship of Mississippi, who commendably deliver this reissue just shy of her 100th birthday. Descending forth effervescent blues of ‘The Homeless Wanderer’ to the trills and quick-slow elegance of ‘Presentiment’, the ineffable elegance of her music belies a rhythmic complexity that bridges African,Afro-American and European traditions quite unlike anything we’ve previously heard. We’re not religious types but my word it surely sounds like she’s talking to God on the windswept blues of ‘The Last Tears of the Deceased’, and it’s a rare wonder to follow her fingers across ‘A Young Girl’s Complaint’ to the dizzying intricacy and cadence of ‘The Mad Man’s Laughter’,. Trust one needs no knowledge of solo piano or jazz/blues/classical paradigms total massive enjoyment from this record.
Massive recommendation!
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Boomkat Product Review:
Necessary reissue of the Ethiopian nun’s stunning 1963 debut of blues-jazz-classical solo piano works, as also found on the Éthiopiques 21: Piano Solo compilation - truly incomparable music that every home should own!
Currently approaching her 100th year on earth, Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebrou (born December 12, 1923 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian nun renowned for a preternaturally fluid, visionary and expressive style of piano playing. Nowadays she is cared for in a home for nuns in Jerusalem, suffering from dementia, but still regularly plays the piano. ‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ is the earliest document of her remarkable talents in action, drawing on decades of performance since the age of 10 (and her schooling in violin, then piano, in 1920s Switzerland) and experiences as a nun, a prisoner of war in southern Italy during WWII, her studies of St. Yared’s religious music, and years working for Emperor Haile Selassie’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Imperial Body Guard, in his captivatingly passionate and beautiful recordings.
‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ was recorded when Guebru was 40, and first issued in Germany with the help of Emperor Haile Selassie. All five parts have since found heir way onto the seminal Éthiopiques series, and more recently repressed on vinyl via the stewardship of Mississippi, who commendably deliver this reissue just shy of her 100th birthday. Descending forth effervescent blues of ‘The Homeless Wanderer’ to the trills and quick-slow elegance of ‘Presentiment’, the ineffable elegance of her music belies a rhythmic complexity that bridges African,Afro-American and European traditions quite unlike anything we’ve previously heard. We’re not religious types but my word it surely sounds like she’s talking to God on the windswept blues of ‘The Last Tears of the Deceased’, and it’s a rare wonder to follow her fingers across ‘A Young Girl’s Complaint’ to the dizzying intricacy and cadence of ‘The Mad Man’s Laughter’,. Trust one needs no knowledge of solo piano or jazz/blues/classical paradigms total massive enjoyment from this record.
Massive recommendation!
Boomkat Product Review:
Necessary reissue of the Ethiopian nun’s stunning 1963 debut of blues-jazz-classical solo piano works, as also found on the Éthiopiques 21: Piano Solo compilation - truly incomparable music that every home should own!
Currently approaching her 100th year on earth, Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebrou (born December 12, 1923 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian nun renowned for a preternaturally fluid, visionary and expressive style of piano playing. Nowadays she is cared for in a home for nuns in Jerusalem, suffering from dementia, but still regularly plays the piano. ‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ is the earliest document of her remarkable talents in action, drawing on decades of performance since the age of 10 (and her schooling in violin, then piano, in 1920s Switzerland) and experiences as a nun, a prisoner of war in southern Italy during WWII, her studies of St. Yared’s religious music, and years working for Emperor Haile Selassie’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Imperial Body Guard, in his captivatingly passionate and beautiful recordings.
‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ was recorded when Guebru was 40, and first issued in Germany with the help of Emperor Haile Selassie. All five parts have since found heir way onto the seminal Éthiopiques series, and more recently repressed on vinyl via the stewardship of Mississippi, who commendably deliver this reissue just shy of her 100th birthday. Descending forth effervescent blues of ‘The Homeless Wanderer’ to the trills and quick-slow elegance of ‘Presentiment’, the ineffable elegance of her music belies a rhythmic complexity that bridges African,Afro-American and European traditions quite unlike anything we’ve previously heard. We’re not religious types but my word it surely sounds like she’s talking to God on the windswept blues of ‘The Last Tears of the Deceased’, and it’s a rare wonder to follow her fingers across ‘A Young Girl’s Complaint’ to the dizzying intricacy and cadence of ‘The Mad Man’s Laughter’,. Trust one needs no knowledge of solo piano or jazz/blues/classical paradigms total massive enjoyment from this record.
Massive recommendation!
Boomkat Product Review:
Necessary reissue of the Ethiopian nun’s stunning 1963 debut of blues-jazz-classical solo piano works, as also found on the Éthiopiques 21: Piano Solo compilation - truly incomparable music that every home should own!
Currently approaching her 100th year on earth, Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebrou (born December 12, 1923 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian nun renowned for a preternaturally fluid, visionary and expressive style of piano playing. Nowadays she is cared for in a home for nuns in Jerusalem, suffering from dementia, but still regularly plays the piano. ‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ is the earliest document of her remarkable talents in action, drawing on decades of performance since the age of 10 (and her schooling in violin, then piano, in 1920s Switzerland) and experiences as a nun, a prisoner of war in southern Italy during WWII, her studies of St. Yared’s religious music, and years working for Emperor Haile Selassie’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Imperial Body Guard, in his captivatingly passionate and beautiful recordings.
‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ was recorded when Guebru was 40, and first issued in Germany with the help of Emperor Haile Selassie. All five parts have since found heir way onto the seminal Éthiopiques series, and more recently repressed on vinyl via the stewardship of Mississippi, who commendably deliver this reissue just shy of her 100th birthday. Descending forth effervescent blues of ‘The Homeless Wanderer’ to the trills and quick-slow elegance of ‘Presentiment’, the ineffable elegance of her music belies a rhythmic complexity that bridges African,Afro-American and European traditions quite unlike anything we’ve previously heard. We’re not religious types but my word it surely sounds like she’s talking to God on the windswept blues of ‘The Last Tears of the Deceased’, and it’s a rare wonder to follow her fingers across ‘A Young Girl’s Complaint’ to the dizzying intricacy and cadence of ‘The Mad Man’s Laughter’,. Trust one needs no knowledge of solo piano or jazz/blues/classical paradigms total massive enjoyment from this record.
Massive recommendation!
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Boomkat Product Review:
Necessary reissue of the Ethiopian nun’s stunning 1963 debut of blues-jazz-classical solo piano works, as also found on the Éthiopiques 21: Piano Solo compilation - truly incomparable music that every home should own!
Currently approaching her 100th year on earth, Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebrou (born December 12, 1923 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian nun renowned for a preternaturally fluid, visionary and expressive style of piano playing. Nowadays she is cared for in a home for nuns in Jerusalem, suffering from dementia, but still regularly plays the piano. ‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ is the earliest document of her remarkable talents in action, drawing on decades of performance since the age of 10 (and her schooling in violin, then piano, in 1920s Switzerland) and experiences as a nun, a prisoner of war in southern Italy during WWII, her studies of St. Yared’s religious music, and years working for Emperor Haile Selassie’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Imperial Body Guard, in his captivatingly passionate and beautiful recordings.
‘Spielt Eigene Kompositionen’ was recorded when Guebru was 40, and first issued in Germany with the help of Emperor Haile Selassie. All five parts have since found heir way onto the seminal Éthiopiques series, and more recently repressed on vinyl via the stewardship of Mississippi, who commendably deliver this reissue just shy of her 100th birthday. Descending forth effervescent blues of ‘The Homeless Wanderer’ to the trills and quick-slow elegance of ‘Presentiment’, the ineffable elegance of her music belies a rhythmic complexity that bridges African,Afro-American and European traditions quite unlike anything we’ve previously heard. We’re not religious types but my word it surely sounds like she’s talking to God on the windswept blues of ‘The Last Tears of the Deceased’, and it’s a rare wonder to follow her fingers across ‘A Young Girl’s Complaint’ to the dizzying intricacy and cadence of ‘The Mad Man’s Laughter’,. Trust one needs no knowledge of solo piano or jazz/blues/classical paradigms total massive enjoyment from this record.
Massive recommendation!
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