Funeral music: two sets of gongs and small drum

Recorded in situ, around 9-10 p.m. Funeral of a child. A second set of gongs is being prepared... Children's atmospheres. Unpublished sound recordings of funeral music made in 1963 by the French researcher and missionary Jacques Dournes in Vietnam among the Jarai populations.
Archivist's Original Title
en Funeral music: two sets of gongs and small drum
fr Musique funéraire : deux jeux de gongs et petit tambour
Original description
en Recorded in situ, around 9-10 p.m. Funeral of a child. A second set of gongs is being prepared... Children's atmospheres. Unpublished sound recordings of funeral music made in 1963 by the French researcher and missionary Jacques Dournes in Vietnam among the Jarai populations.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. Un deuxième jeu de gongs se prépare... Ambiances d'enfants. 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 00:04:11
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
Comment
fr Coupure du son à 3'29
en Sound cut at 3'29
Tags, Keywords
en Dead
Archivist Category
en Music (Funeral)
Recording context
en Field recording
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
en 2 series of 12 Gongs ; Drum with 2 membranes; Various ambiances
fr 2 séries de 12 gongs, tambour sur caisse avec 2 membranes, ambiances diverses
Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)
Cing arap ;Högor
Collector
Name of original Collection
fr Musique funéraire jaraï du Viet Nam, mission J. Dournes, 1963.
External reference
fr 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 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_03
SEAH Identifier
en CNRS_SEAHMH_I_1963_004_001_03
Provenance
en Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme, Paris, by J. Dournes and preserved at BnF.