Tuning the gong zither

Item

Archivist's Original Title

en Tuning the gong zither
fr Accordage de la cithare gông

Original description

en Recorded in situation: Announcement by J. Dournes of "gông" music, tuning of the instrument. Around 0'43": modern tune by the "gông" zither. Unpublished sound recordings of instrumental/vocal melodies and instrumental games made by Jacques Dournes from 1963 to 1964 in Vietnam with the Jarai population.
fr Enregistré en situation: Annonce par J. Dournes d'une Musique de "gông" , accordage de l'instrument. Vers 0'43": air moderne par la cithare " gông ". Enregistrements sonores inédits de mélodies instrumentales/vocales et de jeux instrumentaux effectués par Jacques Dournes de 1963 à 1964 au Vietnam auprès de la population jaraï.

Time duration

en 00:01:55

MetadataURL

Recording date of the original material

en 1963-05

Acquisition Date

en 1964

Population

Jarai

Place of the cultural origin

Country Name

Recording place

en Central Viet Nam, Phu Bon Province

Resource Language

Jarai

Performer/Speaker

Ralan Sit de Plei Par

Comment

fr -CC-CITHARE: cithare à treize cordes métalliques nommé _ gông _. le collecteur annonce "cithare gông dodécacordes" [??].
-À la seconde 0'7’’: accordage de la cithare “gong”.
-À la seconde 0'42’’: début d’un air.
en -CC-CITHARE: zither with thirteen metal strings called _ gong _. The collector announces “dodecacord gong zither” [??].
-At the 0'7'' mark: tuning of the 'gong' zither.
-At the 0'42’’ mark: beginning of a tune.

Archivist Category

en Music (Instrumental)

Recording context

en Field recording

Instrument, Original Archivist Data

en Zither

Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)

Gong

Collector

Name of original Collection

fr Viet Nam, Mélodies instrumentales et vocales jaraï et modes de jeux instrumentaux, Dournes, 1963-1964.

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 Original tape. Record. 9.5 cm/s, 1/2P, Track A. Medium sound quality. See archive file. Archivist: Tran Quang Haï / Aliénor Anisensel (2013).
fr Bande originale. Enreg.: 9,5cm/s, 1/2 Piste A. Qualités sonores moyennes. Cf. DT; rédacteurs fiche/ Tran Quang Hai, Aliénor Anisensel (2013)

Original item number

en CNRSMH_I_1964_011_001_09

SEAH Identifier

en CNRS_SEAHMH_I_1964_011_001_09

Provenance

en Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme, Paris, by J. Dournes and preserved at BnF.
CNRSMH_I_1964_011_001_09