| Variant title |
Mongolian music, dance, and oral narrative |
| Contents |
Book. Performances -- pt. 1. Performing ethnicity, history, and place. Connections ; Vocal repertories ; Instruments and dances -- pt. 2. Embodying spiritual landscapes. Folk-religious practices ; Shamanizing ; Buddhist performance traditions -- pt. 3. Creating sociality, time, and space. Domestic celebrations ; Sport and play ; Herding and hunting -- pt. 4. Transforming political identities. A socialist national identity ; Disjunctures and diversities ; Postscript. |
| Contents |
Enh Mendiin Bayar = Celebrarion of well-being / Chimedtseye ; Ariunbold -- Nariin Goviin Zeerd = Chestnut-brown of the Narrow Gobi -- Joroo Mor = Ambler ; Eeviin Golyn Ursgal = Flow of the River Eev / Horloo -- Bayan Tsagaan Nutag = Rich white homeland / Sühee -- Hartsaga / Dad'süren -- Temeegiin Yavdal = Camel's gait ; Moriny Yavdal = Horse's gait ; Long-song melody / Dad'süren -- Long-song / Pagma ; Önör -- Chinggis Khan / Honh -- Ter Uulyn Oroid = On top of that mountain / Devee -- Altan Ura = Golden seed / Lhajav -- Setert Jaahan Sharga = Consecrated small bay / Däd'süren -- Herlingiin Baria / Norovbanzad -- Giingoo / Dad'süren -- Har Tarlan Sarlag = Black speckled yaks / Bayarmagnai -- Dovon Har Böh = Black wrestler Dovon / Enhbalsan -- Hong Kong Magtaal = Hong Kong praise-song / Tserendorj -- Höömii / Mangiljav -- Höömii / Tserendevaa -- Harhiraa / Margad -- Bulgan Sharyn Yavdal = Pace of the Bulgan yellow [camel] ; Niileh Uria = Call to unite ; Tarah Uria = Call to disperse ; Beckoning (dallaga) birds in springtime ; Bugyn Duudlage = Invocatory call of the stag / Bayarmagnai -- Magnai Türgen / Saaral -- Hartsaga Zeerd = Chestnut-brown hawk / Saaral -- Kelkee Agsal ; Tsatsal = Milk aspersion ; Juder = Ambler ; Ereen Havirga ; Hovog / Battömör -- Altain Magtaal = Praise song of the Altai [Mountains] ; Jonon Ha / Narantsogt -- End-blown pipe playing / Totai -- End-blown pipe playing / Tuvan -- Jargaltai Saal'chin = Happy milkmaid / N. Narangerel -- Jaw's harp playing / Narantsogt -- Nutgiin Magtaal = Praise song of the homeland / Bayandelger -- Melodies of Baits, Dörbets, Hotons / Zulaa -- Calling rain / Tüüveen -- Calling spirits / Baljir -- Tün Zeerd Mor' = Deep chestnut horse / Danzan -- Tsol = Praise-recitation of winning horses -- Songs / Devee -- Höömii -- West Mongolian melodies / S. Batchuluun. |
| Abstract |
This book celebrates the power of music, dance, and oral narrative to create identities by imaginatively connecting performers and audiences with ethnic and political groupings, global and sacred landscapes, histories and heroes, spirits and gods. Three distinct cultural eras of Mongolian society are represented. Many Mongols are now performing publicly the diverse traditions of Old Mongolia that they practised in private following the communist revolution of 1921; some are perpetuating the Soviet transformations of those traditions introduced prior to 1990; and yet others are dipping their curly-toed boots into new performance arts as they revel in musical encounters on the global stage. By highlighting the sheer variety of repertories, this book illustrates the rich diversity of Mongolia's peoples and performance arts. An accompanying compact disc contains musical examples linked to the text. The author is ethnomusicology editor for the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and associate lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, England. As an ethno-musicologist and musician she has been working with nomadic groups in remote areas of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, China, and with urban Mongols in both countries since 1987. She has also toured with Mongol musicians in England and Hong Kong. |
| Local note | Joyner-MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING CD-5607. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-358), discography (pages 358-360), filmography (page 360), and index. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded between 1988 and 1996 in various locations. |
| LCCN | 00042308 |
| ISBN | 0295980303 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0295981121 (pbk.) |
