Materials
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ICH Materials 139
Audios
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Nam xuân - Nam ai (Singing with accompaniment)
This song includes two melodies Nam xuân (twenty phrases) and Nam ai (twenty-eight phrases). Nam xuân, Nam ai are two out of three Nam pieces belonging to the twenty principle pieces. The piece takes on melancholic and deliberate characteristics. This musical piece is played by the bầu (monochord), the kìm (moon-shaped lute), and the violin. The bầu, a plucked string instrument made of wood, has a long rectangular resonator. A small arm made of bamboo or plastic is put through a gourd cover and attached to the resonator. At the end of the resonator, a metal or wooden peg is attached. The instrument has a metal string and has no frets. When playing the monochord, the musician creates overtones by lightly pressing the nodal points along the metal string. The violin is a western instrument that has some modifications to its strings when being used in Tài tử orchestra. For information about the kìm, please refer to the description for track 2.
Viet Nam 1977 -
Suvorai Rost
poem by Ogahiy
Uzbekistan 1905 -
Khush keldingiz (You are welcome)
family-related ceremonial song
Uzbekistan 1905 -
Tani maqom
poem by Navoiy
Uzbekistan 1905 -
Đò đưa (on boat)
Đò đưa is one of a few folk songs that was influenced by Ca trù and then became a Ca trù song for entertainment. A late Ca trù folk artist, Đinh Thị Bản, said: “This is a favourite song, sung when mandarins were on a boat on Hồ Tây Lake in Hanoi in the past”.
Viet Nam 1982 -
Qayu qullik jahonga kelsa (After enlightened servant of God comes to world)
katta ashula, poem by Haziniy
Uzbekistan 1905 -
Taronai Rost
folk poem
Uzbekistan 1905 -
Sanamo (Beauty)
folk song
Uzbekistan 1905 -
Ufari Rost
poem by Navoiy
Uzbekistan 1905 -
Gulyor-Shahnoz I-V
Uzbekistan 1905
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Yovvoyi Chorgoh
Uzbekistan 1905
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Gửi thư (Sending a letter)
This is one of the most lyrical songs with the lyrics sending moving messages. Its lyrics are often poetic sentences with seven or eight words. They are sometimes the six-eight-word verses with the plaintive content. Its tune is clear and calm.
Viet Nam 1997