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

Amis du Vieux Hué, Bulletin • 6 • 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.

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