Bret S. Stetka, MD, Concetta M. Tomaino,:Mending the Brain Through Music
Mending the Brain Through Music Bret S. Stetka, MD, Concetta M. Tomaino, MA, DA, LCAT Oct 29, 2012 Editor's Note: From a Darwinian perspective, music is a mystery. It's unclear whether the human ability to appreciate a catchy melody conferred some specific evolutionary advantage or was a by-product of more general adaptations involving sound and pattern processing. But what is known is that evidence of music...
NGUYỄN VI SƠN, M.D.: MUSIC THERAPY FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
MUSIC THERAPY FOR THE MENTALLY ILL by Son Vi Nguyen,M.D. From his very early time, man has learnt that there is an extremely close relationship between him and the universe. In fact, man is not only a creature of the Earth, he is an integral part of an unified system which, in spite of its extreme diversity, still presents itself with extreme harmony and uniformity. Through his senses, man has been able to communicate with nature in a very intimate way. With his...
workshop of OVERTONE SINGING by TRAN QUANG HAI (VIETNAM)
workshop of OVERTONE SINGING by TRAN QUANG HAI (VIETNAM) WORKSHOP DI CANTO DIFONICO con TRAN QUANG HAI (VIETNAM) Il canto difonico (overtone singing), detto anche canto armonico, è una tecnica proveniente dalla Siberia e dalla Mongolia, nella quale il cantante sfrutta le risonanze che si creano nel tratte vocale per far risaltare gli armonici presenti nella voce. In questo modo una singola voce puo produrre simultaneamente due o più...
BACH YEN : bio
Bach Yen : bio ( English) Bach Yen (or "White Swallow") was born in the Mekong Delta, in South Vietnam. She began perfroming nightclub and variety music in Saigon while still very young, learning to sing with ease in Vietnamese, French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew. When she had made her name there she went to Paris, in 1961, with the idea of singing "à la Piaf", but Polydor, who had her under contract, wanted her to sing the ...
TRAN QUANG HAI BIO updated 2011, part 2
Musician 15 LP records and 5 CDs as performer on Vietnamese Music (with different record companies: Le Chant du Monde, OCORA, Studio SM, Société Française deProductions Phonographiques, Playasound in France, Lyrichord, Music of the World in the USA, Albatros in Italy. 1. Cithare Vietnamienne (le Dan Tranh) par Tran Quang Hai. Le Chant du Monde LDX 74454, Paris, 1971, collection Special Instrumental. 2. Le Chant de la Rivière des Parfums....
TRAN QUANG HAI BIO updated 2011
TRAN QUANG HAI Bio TRAN QUANG HAI Tran Quang Hai was born on 13 May 1944 in Vietnam. He is a talented and renowned musician. He comes from a family of five generations of musicians. He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Saigon before coming to France in 1961 where he studied the theory and practice of Oriental music with his father, Prof.Dr. Trân Van Khê at the Center of Studies for Oriental Music in...
Le Huong : UNESCO listing sought to save dying art
UNESCO listing sought to save dying art by Le Huong
Last of their kind: Only 120 people are trained in xoan singing. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tuan Efforts to preserve traditional Vietnamese xoan singing have received a boost after the art form was listed by UNESCO as an example of world cultural heritage that needed urgent protection. The endangered vocal art from the northern province...Innermost feelings of Xoan singers
Ngọc Tú : Honoring bai choi talents
Honoring bai choi talents 06.04.2011 17:35
Binh Dinh’s bai choi artists will perform at the festival The national bai choi (singing while playing cards) festival is scheduled to take place in Quy Nhon from April 5-8. Head of the Bureau of Art Performances, Vuong Duy Bien, talks more about the event. The national bai choi (singing while playing cards) festival is...Village’s dedication saves art of tuong
Village’s dedication saves art of tuong 04.07.2011 01:00
The oldest resident of Khuong Ha Village in Quang Binh Province doesn’t know exactly when tuong (classical drama) first appeared in the village, but he does know that tuong plays have been performed for hundreds of years. Whenever the villagers were forced to evacuate their homes during the decades the country...HỒ THỤY TRANG : tiểu sử ; biography, biographie / TIẾNG TƠ ĐỒNG
Dave Dargie: Music Ensemble, and at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Music Ensemble,and at the University of Fort Hare”. Dave Dargie, Professor of Music, University of Fort Hare, South Africa. Paper for ICTM, Vienna 2007. The Xhosa and the Thembu Xhosa The Xhosa of South Africa are the southernmost Bantu language people. They are part of the Southern Nguni people, as are the Zulu, the Swati and the Ndebele. Xhosa is one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. South African President Thabo Mbeki...
Dave Dargie: Music Ensemble, and at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Music Ensemble,and at the University of Fort Hare”. Dave Dargie, Professor of Music, University of Fort Hare, South Africa. Paper for ICTM, Vienna 2007. The Xhosa and the Thembu Xhosa The Xhosa of South Africa are the southernmost Bantu language people. They are part of the Southern Nguni people, as are the Zulu, the Swati and the Ndebele. Xhosa is one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. South African President Thabo Mbeki...
Tran Quang Hai : PRESERVATION AND INNOVATION OF HMONG JEW’S HARP DAN MOI IN VIETNAM
PRESERVATION AND INNOVATION OF HMONG JEW’S HARP DAN MOI IN VIETNAM Tr ân Quang Hai (National Centre for Scientific Research , France) Đàn môi is the Vietnamese name of a traditional musical instrument widely used in the Hmong minority in Vietnam. This instrument is somewhat similar to the Jew’s harp but there are some differences. Most Dan Moi are crafted out of a single piece of brass and attached with a string to a decorated bamboo case. Rather than being played...
Historical lithophone in the world
HISTORICAL This list is not comprehensive and sometimes an entry is the result of coming across a single reference to a use of stone in music-making. It does, however, give an indication of how widely rocks and stones have been and are used in the music of different cultures around the world. It will be regularly updated as new information arrives. The photographs used may be copyright. Where possible permission has been sought for their use. ANGOLA The Chokwe people use stone...