TY  - CHAP
AU  - Emsheimer, Ernst
A3  - The Sino-Swedish Expedition
PY  - 1943
DA  - 1943//
TI  - Preliminary remarks on Mongolian musical instruments
BT  - The music of the Mongols -  - Eastern Mongolia. Reports from the scientific expedition to the north-western provinces of China under the leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin
T3  - Publication 21
SP  - 69-100 , plates
PB  - Tryckeri Aktiebolaget Thule
CY  - Stockholm
KW  - Mongols
KW  - Music
KW  - Mongolia
KW  - Musical instruments
AB  - This study, based upon recordings made by Henning Haslund-Christensen, describes several types of Mongolian music and the various instruments employed in musical interpretation. The author defines the song-genre of the Mongols and gives examples of each category contained in musical folklore. The actual musical scale of the Mongols is explained. The instruments i.e. fiddle, zither, guitar, flute, used by modern Mongols are correlated with their nomadic mode of existence. The appearance, construction, and sound of these musical instruments are outlined by the author in some detail. Included in this article is a chart that lists  songs according to tribe, tells how many strophes were recorded and published, and gives pertinent information about each song. The musical material referred to throughout the text has not, however, been reproduced for the Files. Photographs of Mongols playing their native musical instruments are included. HRAF pagination has been assigned to plates following the text.
UR  - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=ah01-002
LA  - English
N1  - [by] Ernst Emsheimer
ID  - ah01-002
Y1  - 2022-06-28
ER  -