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The music of Hué, Don-Nguyet and Don-Tranh

Amis du Vieux Hué, Bulletin6 • Published In 1919 • Pages: 233-387

By: Hoàng-Yèn, Botsford, Keith.

Abstract
Research on the old music, for the sake of their preservation and use, forms the basis of this article on music in Hué. Hoàng-Yèn was secretary-interpreter to the Residency. Included are the 'laws' concerning music, i.e., when it is not played, the eight 'perfections', descriptions and illustrations of both stringed and wind instruments, famous musicians, and musical techniques. The latter includes notations, symbols, and musical structure as well as the techniques of playing, tuning and the size of the strings. A short description of the kinds of music is followed by full musical notations of many airs for both the 'moon' guitar (don-nguyet) and the sixteen-stringed guitar (don-tranh). The factual parts of this article are good. Where footnotes have consisted only of the ideogram equivalents of the QUOC NGU or the English word, they have been omitted from the translation.
Subjects
Leisure time activities
Music
Musical instruments
Numerology
culture
Vietnamese
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Government Official
Document Rating
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
Analyst
Roseanne Mandler ; 1953: John Beierle ; 2006
Field Date
No date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Hué, central (TRUNG BO) Vietnam
Notes
[by] Hoàng-Yèn
Translation of: [La musique a Hué, Dòn-Nguyet et Dòn-Tranh]
Translated from the French for Human Relations Area Files by Keith Botsford
LCSH
Vietnamese