The gong zither: sounds given by the left hand and the right hand

Item

Archivist's Original Title
en The gong zither: sounds given by the left hand and the right hand
fr La cithare gông : sons donnés par la main gauche et la main droite
Original description
en Field recordings made by Jacques Dournes from 1963 to 1964 in Vietnam with the Jarai population: instrumental/vocal melodies and instrumental games.
fr Enregistrements sonores de terrain 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 00:01:27
Recording date of the original material
en 1963-11
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
Comment
fr Enregistré en situation: musique de gông , sonorité des treize cordes métallique de la cithare. Sons donnés par la main gauche et par la main droite. CITHARE: cithare tubulaire à treize cordes métalliques nommé ' gông '. Enregistrement: 19cm/s, 1/2 Piste B. Qualités sonores assez bonnes, micro placé à l'intérieur de la calebasse qui est le résonateur de cet instrument. Cf. DT, rédacteurs fiche/ Tran Quang Hai, puis Aliénor Anisensel.
en Recorded in situ. Gông music. Sound of the thirteen metal strings of the zither. Tones produced by both the left and right hands. Zither: tubular zither with thirteen metal strings called 'gông.' Rec.: 19 cm/s, 1/2 Track B. Fairly good sound quality. Microphone placed inside the gourd that serves as the instrument’s resonator. See DT. File editors: Tran Quang Hai, then Aliénor Anisensel.
Archivist Category
en Music and spoken voice
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.
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
Copyright Information
In Copyright. Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Copyright Notice
For any use, please contact the CREM-LESC (CNRS, Nanterre University, France): crem.lesc[at]cnrs.fr ; See information at https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr
Physical format
en Magnetic tape
Preservation State of Physical Object
en Recording: 19cm/s, 1/2 Track B. Fairly good sound qualities, microphone placed inside the calabash which is the resonator of this instrument. See archive file; file editors: Tran Quang Hai, then Aliénor Anisensel .
Original item number
en CNRSMH_I_1964_011_002_15
SEAH Identifier
en CNRS_SEAHMH_I_1964_011_002_15
Provenance
en Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme, Paris, by J. Dournes and preserved at BnF.