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Music from Thailand: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya,
ARC Music

Music from Thailand: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya,

$20.99

Details

Composer
TRADITIONAL
Artist
Deben Bhattacharya
Format
CD
Label
ARC Music
Released
Sep 22, 2017
Catalog #
EUCD2757
UPC
5019396275720

About

This new release is both a valuable cultural document and a rare collectors' item. It features historical, unrehearsed live field recordings of traditional music made in Thailand in 1973 by ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya. As in most countries of Asia, Thai music consists of two distinct features: the folk songs and dances which belong to the village traditions, and the piphat orchestra with it's complex structure, no doubt developed and played for the elite, both in villages and towns. The village music in the main is melodic, with songs and dances accompanied by woodwind and stringed instruments, as well as drums and metal percussion instruments for providing the rhythm. The piphat band, on the other hand, employs a rich collection of percussion instruments belonging to the metallophone and the xylophone families and played with drums, gongs, and cymbals. These are divided into two sections, one providing a melody and the other the rhythm. Sometimes the orchestra is led by a single woodwind instrument, the pi nai, which belongs to the oboe family, like the Indian shehnai. The music is played in a diatonic scale with seven equidistant notes but without any semitones between the steps of the octave. This album begins with the music of the piphat orchestra played for Ramakien, the epic which represents the political and the cultural history of Thailand since ancient times

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Ramakien 07:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ramakien
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians
  2. 2 Morning Prayer in the Buddhist Temple Wat Pra-Ri-Nie-Yok 06:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Morning Prayer in the Buddhist Temple Wat Pra-Ri-Nie-Yok
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians
  3. 3 Funeral Music 11:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    Funeral Music
    Duration
    11:42
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians
  4. 4 Meo Tribal Dance 03:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    Meo Tribal Dance
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians
  5. 5 War Drums 03:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    War Drums
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians
  6. 6 Drum Dance 09:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    Drum Dance
    Duration
    09:58
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians
  7. 7 Khaen Solo 04:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    Khaen Solo
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Field Musician
  8. 8 Mo-Lam 02:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    Mo-Lam
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Field Musician
  9. 9 Loy Krathong 03:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    Loy Krathong
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians
  10. 10 Pleng Suan Krua 02:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    Pleng Suan Krua
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians
  11. 11 Sho-Khan Lai Yao 02:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sho-Khan Lai Yao
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians
  12. 12 Mang-Tub-Tao 02:32
    Track
    12
    Title
    Mang-Tub-Tao
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Field Musicians