Funeral music, 3

Item

Archivist's Original Title

en Funeral music, 3
fr Musique funéraire, 3

Original description

en Recorded in situ, around 9-10 p.m. Funeral of a child. Ambience, microphone noises. Man doubling while singing the melody of the gongs, then women. Unpublished sound recordings of funeral music made in 1963 by the French researcher and missionary Jacques Dournes in Vietnam among the Jarai populations.
fr Enregistré en situation, vers 21h-22h. Funérailles d'un enfant. Ambiances, bruits de micro. Homme qui double en chantant la mélodie des gongs, puis femmes. Enregistrements sonores inédits de musiques funéraires effectués en 1963 par le chercheur et missionnaire français Jacques Dournes au Vietnam chez les populations jaraï.

Time duration

en 00:05:38

MetadataURL

Recording date of the original material

en 1963-02-07

Acquisition Date

en 1963

Population

Jarai

Place of the cultural origin

Country Name

Recording place

en Central Viet Nam, Phu Bon Province

Resource Language

Jarai

Tags, Keywords

en Dead

Archivist Category

en Music (Funeral)

Recording context

en Field recording

Instrument, Original Archivist Data

en Gongs (in series); Various ambiances; Free reed on pipe; Masculine voice doubling while singing the gong's melody, then feminine voices.
fr 2 séries de 12 gongs, tambour sur caisse avec 2 membranes, ambiances diverses. Voix masculine double et chante la mélodie des gongs, puis des femmes.

Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)

Cing arap

Collector

Name of original Collection

fr Musique funéraire jaraï du Viet Nam, mission J. Dournes, 1963.

Collection source citation

Related material

External reference

en Dournes, J. "La musique chez les Joraï" in "Objets et mondes", t. V, fasc.4, hiver 1965 pp.211-244, photos

Holding Institution of Original Materials

Licensing Institution

Accessing Institutions

Copyright Notice

For any use, please contact the CREM-LESC (CNRS, Nanterre University, France): see information at https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr

Physical format

en Magnetic tape

Preservation State of Physical Object

en Record 9.5 cm/s, 1/2P, Track A. Poor sound qualities (microphone movement, differences in sound intensity). See archive file. Archivist: Tran Quang Haï reviewed by Aliénor Anisensel.

Original item number

en CNRSMH_I_1963_004_001_07

SEAH Identifier

en CNRS_SEAHMH_I_1963_004_001_07

Provenance

en Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme, Paris, by J. Dournes and preserved at BnF.
CNRSMH_I_1963_004_001_07