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Myanmar : music by the hsaing waing orchestra : the Burmese harp = musique de l'orchestre hsaing waing : la harpe birmane
Title
Myanmar : music by the hsaing waing orchestra : the Burmese harp = musique de l'orchestre hsaing waing : la harpe birmane.
Publication
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Audivis-UNESCO, 1998.
Physical Description
1 online resource (122 minutes)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Streaming audio files.
Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
Includes PDF of liner notes in English with French translation.
Field recordings, made between 1973 and 1977.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
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Original cat. no.:
Format
Audio / Online
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2016
Series
Musiques traditionnelles d'aujourd'hui
Performers
In the harp music (CD-1): various musicians. In the remainder: the hsaing waing orchestra of Okkalapa-North (Rangoon area).
Contents
CD-1. The Burmese harp. In the midst of the flower garden (9:57)
Sombre climate (4:47)
The girl Yamonna (13:14)
Flowers on the river (3:56)
In praise of the city of Mandalay (2:50)
The beauty of the skies (4:03)
Invocation of the Buddha (5:11)
The king in love (6:45)
The lotus shines on the lake (6:15)
On the hill (5:46).
CD-2. Music by the Hsaing Waing orchestra. The seven dances (12:44)
Yama : the dance of Rama (8:25)
To the right of the mountain (8:41)
The forest of Kanda (8:09)
The garland of flowers in full bloom (19:53).
Subjects
Genre/Form
Folk music.
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