Sounding the center : history and aesthetics in Thai Buddhist performance /
Accompanying sound disc contains The evening overture (Hoomroong Yen) played on the solo khaung wong yai by Nikorn Chanthasorn, and Excerpt from a wai Khrun ritual, led by the officiant Khrun Somyhot Pobiamlot
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2001
Chicago : c2001 Chicago : 2001 |
| Series: | Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology |
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| Summary: | Accompanying sound disc contains The evening overture (Hoomroong Yen) played on the solo khaung wong yai by Nikorn Chanthasorn, and Excerpt from a wai Khrun ritual, led by the officiant Khrun Somyhot Pobiamlot Sounding the Center is an in-depth look at the power behind classical music and dance in Bangkok, the capital and sacred center of Buddhist Thailand. Focusing on the ritual honoring teachers of music and dance, Deborah Wong reveals a complex network of connections among kings, teachers, knowledge, and performance that underlies the classical court arts. Drawing on her extensive fieldwork, Wong lays out the ritual in detail: the way it is enacted, the foods and objects involved, and the people who perform it, emphasizing the way the performers themselves discuss and construct aspects of the ceremony |
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| Item Description: | CD in pocket of inside back cover which includes selected recordings (see pp. 281-284 for contents) This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xxiv, 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) xxiv, 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) xxxiv, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm + 1 audio disk (4 3/4 in.) xxxiv, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.) xxxiv, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) xxxiv, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital, 4 3/4 in.) xxxiv, 348 p. : ill., ports. ; 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.) xxxiv, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Bibliography: | Discography: p. 285-288 Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-333) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333) and index |
| ISBN: | 0226905853 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226905853 0226905861 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226905861 9780226905853 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226905853 9780226905860 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226905860 |