Cambodian Music of Forest
| Cambodian Music of Forest | |
|---|---|
| Collection | Bophana Center Archive |
| Recording type | Performance recording |
| Recorded | 1969–1970 |
| Subjects | Music & Sound; Crafts & Material Culture; Religion & Spiritual Life |
A set of music recordings made in 1969 and 1970 during a study mission by the Royale University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, described in the Bophana Center Archive as part of the Thonevath Pou collection. (Bophana Archives Online record)
Description
The recordings feature music of ethnic minorities in Cambodia living in rural mountainous areas and the countryside. Listed tracks include Man Singing, Two Young Men, Solo by a young man, Song of a young man, Two men singing in a chorus, Solo pey pork, Polyphony, Voice of a Kuay woman, The guardian of spirit Kuay, Invocation to Preah Pisnukar, Cambodian traditional marriage, Voice of a Cham women and Music for buffalo sacrifice. (Bophana Archives Online record)
Credits
The record names the Royale University of Fine Arts study mission that made the recordings and the Societe francais de productions phonographiques as producer, and names the Thonevath Pou collection. It names no narrator or interviewer, because the material is music rather than an interview. (Bophana Archives Online record)
Access
The record states no item number and no duration. The centre states that its archives can be viewed at the centre during opening hours. (Bophana Archives Online record) (Bophana Center archives) KhmerConnection indexes this material and does not hold or provide access to the recordings.