Thai Classical Singing
Subtitle: Its History, Musical Characteristics, and Transmission (Soas Musicology Series) (Soas Musicology Series) (Soas Musicology Series)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780754607908
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Non-Western music: traditional & "classical"; Vocal music; Musical accentuation; Music; Music/Songbooks; Thailand; Singing; Instruction & Study - Voice; General; History and criticism; Music and language
First sentence: The study of the history of Thai song melodies is somewhat difficult due to the fact that they come from an oral tradition; some old lyrics were written down, but the melodies were handed on through the generations by oral transmission, from teachers to pupils and from old singers to young.