Orchestra Ethiopia ^{Körperschaft}

Ethiopian performing group formed in 1963 in Addis Ababa by the Egyptian-born American composer and ethnomusicologist Halim El-Dabh; it comprised up to 30 traditional instrumentalists, vocalists, and dancers from many different Ethiopian regions and ethnic groups (including Amhara, Tigray-Tigrinia, Oromo, Welayta, and Gimira); disbanded in 1975