ኘሮፌሰር አሸናፊ ከበደ > እረኛው ባለዋሽንቱ | Professor Ashenafi Kebede > The Shepherd With The Flute - Sym·pho·ny by Ethiopian Music ; Yoftahe’s Collection published on 2013-07-17T05:30:05Z Professor Ashenafi Kebede > The Shepherd With The Flute. Ethiopian Instrumental Music The Shepherd with the Flute is originally written and arranged by the late Professor Ashenafi Kebede. Professor Ashenafi Kebede (Amharic: አሸናፊ ከበደ; 1938 – May 8, 1998) was an Ethiopian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, historical musicologist, music educator, novelist, and poet. He founded the National Saint Yared School of Music in Ethiopia, serving as its first director (1963–1968). He was designated a National Composer by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I, in 1967. Shortly after that he began his graduate studies in the United States, and earned the first Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University. Ashenafi was a prolific writer. His works include a novel, Confession (1964), articles in ethnomusicology journals, the book Roots of Black Music, and numerous articles in The Chronicler, the magazine of the Center for African-American Culture. In his own compositions he combined Ethiopian and Japanese musical ideas. "Koturasia" is one such piece, written for flute, clarinet, violin, and Japanese koto. Among his other musical compositions were "Peace unto Ethiopia" and "The Life of Our Nation". His best-known composition, though rarely heard outside Ethiopia, was "The Shepherds Flute", performed in 1968 with the Bulgarian Symphonic orchestra. In the United States, he was director of the internationally known Ethiopian Research Council,[1] consisting of a group of Ethiopian and American scholars and professionals. At the time of his death he was director of the Center of African-American Culture at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Genre Classical Comment by Assefa Worku very interesting 2023-09-17T06:02:08Z Comment by Tenadam Zewdie best of all times 2023-03-08T12:03:58Z Comment by daniel fantaye I have no word to say i like this music more than others 2017-08-12T04:20:46Z Comment by phoenix nice 2017-02-10T14:19:36Z Comment by hanan Tesfaye So Amazing ! 2014-09-15T10:42:29Z Comment by SENNID BIG UP!! 2014-07-22T01:51:30Z Comment by amin jaber 1 instrumental 2013-11-15T14:37:59Z