Le Chant Du Monde
This collection of edited samples from epic and trance music was recorded between 1987 and 1999. It features "bards" of the central Indo-Nepalese Himalayas, from the provinces of Garwhal and Kumaon in the state of Uttarkhand as well as from neighboring areas of westernmost Nepal. The compiler of this collection has divided the rich material of what he calls the oral literature" of popular ballads into sung epics (bharat), which in the past belonged to court music but which are now cut off from their original context; and ceremonial music (jagar), which consists of songs of the divinities associated with possession ceremonies. The activities and tradition of bards move between the sacred and the mundane, and between the priestly and musical art. The bards presented on this recording belong to the "untouchable" groups of artisans (adivasi): the Hudkiya, Jagairya, Darjidholi, and Damai. The last two of these groups carry on the tradition of being genealogists for former kings, who succeeded one another between the eleventh and eighteenth centuries. The names of the groups of musicians are traditionally taken from families of drums: hourglass hudko, dhol drum, and damaha timpani, respectively. Membraphones hold a predominant place in Himalayan musical traditions: in the bard music of the central Himalayas they are the accompanying instruments, with the exception of the timpani, the Damai horn (bijuli bana) and the trumpet (bheri). The dominant aural impression of the central Himalayan bard traditions is melismatic solo, heterophonic and/or call-and-response singing accompanied by loud drumming. In the longer performances, the listener may also enjoy the rich variations in the melodic and rhythmic patterns.
Tracklist:
{Sung Narratives, Music For Fêtes And Processions}
01 Song To The Principal Divinities Of The Brahmanic Pantheon (Chant Aux Divinités Principales Du Panthéon Brâhmanique)
02 Song of Praise to the Twilight Goddess (Chant De Louange À La Déesse Des Crépuscules)
03 Epic Of Malusaahi And Rajula (Epopée De Malusaahi Et Rajula)
04 Choliya Dance (Danse Choliya)
05 Cacari
06 Epic of Narsidhauni (Epopée De Narsidhauni)
07 Temple Music (Musique De Temple)
08 Phag of Gopichand (Phag De Gopichand)
09 Song of Possession in Gorya (Chant de Possession à Gorya)
{Trance Music}
10 Naumat
11 Sandhya
12 Bharau
13 Jagar And Consulting (Jagar Et Consultation)
Негізгі бет Музыка Bards Of The Himalayas Nepal / India (Epics and Trance Music) /1997 CD Album/
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