LES MÔNS DE THAÏLANDE
MUSIQUES & TRADITIONS DU MONDE
THE MONS OF THAILAND
MUSIC & TRADITIONS OF THE WORLD
CBS, 1976, 81389
The man behind this great series is Hubert de Fraysseix; he was born in 1937 and was a mathematician and Senior Research Fellow at the CNRS.
He was also attracted to different ethnic musics like Asian ones and he recorded the material for this album himself : the ensemble called Hum Rong Krathai Tên founded by Mrs Dyripiraneet. There are xylophones, gong ''khawng mawn'', a set of seven little drums ''perng mang khâwk'', a two-side percussion, ... This art music is close to Thai music whose some instruments are also used in this orchestra ("ramad'', oboe ''pee''). This type of formation is primarily necessary for magical ceremonies or religious ceremonies held in monasteries.
The programme starts with a set of percussions solo followed by music for a cremation, for children's haircut and battle music; side B has more music for a cremation, a love song and offertory music. All tracks are instrumental.
Text in French that I photocopied from a borrowed album.
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