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Music of the Bahnar people from the central highlands of Vietnam
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- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- Mon-Khmer (Other)
- Publication
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- [Seattle] : Sublime Frequencies, [2016?]
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc ; 12 in. + 1 insert ([2] pages : black and white photographs)
- analog
- 33 1/3 rpm
- microgroove
- OCLC
- on1312015015
- Credits
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- Recorded by Eisuke Yanagisawa
- "Bahnar musical instruments and styles, including gong ensemble, bamboo zither, bamboo xylophone, bamboo fiddle with mouth resonator, and folk songs"--Insert.
- Notes on musical instruments and commentary on the songs on insert.
- Title from disc label.
- Recorded between 2006 and 2015 in Kom Tum province, Vietnam.
- Vocal works sung in Bahnar; song texts printed in Bahnar, with English translation, on insert.
- bamboo fiddle with mouth resonator (k'ni): Waiting for you at the communal house = Go oh ah jông (Kaly Tran and his ensemble) -- bamboo zither (tinh ninh): [unknown] folk song #1: Red bird with the yellow leg = Xem dum jõng dreng (A Wên, singer, guitar) -- bamboo fiddle with mouth resonator (solo #1): Weaving = Tanh brai (Kaly Tran) -- gong playing in funeral #1 (gong ensemble of Kon Kotu village) -- bamboo zither song: I'd like to take you to the riverside (A Thút and his ensemble) -- gong playing in funeral #2 folk song #2: The member of the ensemble = Bơ ngai văn công (Y Tham, singer ; A Hiêu, guitar) -- bamboo zither with bowl resonator: When will you come back? = La yơ ơh wih? (A Thao) -- Blang tree (gong playing) (gong ensemble of Long Loi village) -- bamboo fiddle with mouth resonator (solo #2): (Kaly Tran)