Music of Southeast Asia

Whether sung in Sanskrit or in Vietnamese, or played on renêt or modern violin, “…music in Southeast Asia is dominated by a well-integrated, highly cultivated style which is characteristic of the whole area.” This collection of Music of Southeast Asia features both the popular and traditional music of Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, China and Laos and captures the influence, and in certain cases the rejection, of the Western musical tradition on the music of this region.

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Track Listing

101	Burma: Shan Song	San Toke	03:04
102	Burma: Flower of Heaven	Maung Su	03:14
103	Burma: the Southern Island	Sein Party	03:23
104	Burma: Buddist Cerimonial Ode	Ponna U Hla Maung	03:04
105	Malaya: Chinchem	Temiar men and women, Gerik, Upper Perak, Malaysia	01:38
106	Malaya: Siku	Temiar men and women, Gerik, Upper Perak, Malaysia	02:59
107	Thailand: Admiration of a Sleeping Maiden	Yakob	03:14
201	Thailand: Orchestral Composition	Bang Khun Phrom Palace Orchestra	03:21
202	Thailand: Or	Bang Khun Phrom Palace Orchestra	03:17
203	Vietnam: Folk Song	Female singer, unaccompanied	01:39
204	Laos: Recitation from Hue Van	Man reciting	03:06
205	Laos: Woman's Song	Female singer with flute, reed, and violin accompaniment	03:03
206	Laos: Folk Dance	Ensemble featuring hurdy-gurdy, cymbals, and mouth-organ	01:48
207	Laos: Love Song	Female singer with violin accompaniment	01:07
208	South China: Folk Tune	Musician playing plucked Chinese lute	01:29