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  Maryland Traditions
Pinpeat music is played by ensembles of gongs, drums, and the xylophone-like roneat, and also features wind instruments.
The sound of pinpeat is multilayered and hypnotic, waves upon waves of shimmering sound livened by delicate ornaments and driven by a strong and even pulse.
Pinpeat originated in the palace court of the Khmer Empire, the formidable and prosperous civilization that dominated Indochina from the 9th through 15th centuries.
www.marylandtraditions.org /ngek.htm   (472 words)

  
 Classical Pinpeat of Cambodia - Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
The Cambodian pinpeat ensemble is traditionally heard on feast days in the pagodas.
It is also a court ensemble used to accompany classical dance for ritual occasions or theatrical events.
The pinpeat is primarily made up of percussion instruments: the roneat ek (high bamboo xylophone), roneat thung (low bamboo xylophone), kong vong touch and kong vong thom (small and large sets of tuned gongs), sampho (two-sided drum), skor thom (two large drums), and sralai (quadruple-reed instrument).
encarta.msn.com /media_461531463_761570298_-1_1/Classical_Pinpeat_of_Cambodia.html   (117 words)

  
 Khmer Culture from The official Tourism of Cambodia Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Although the epic is also known in the villages, where it is translated orally or dramatized in the popular shadow puppet theater, the ballet was traditionally a courtly art performed in the palace or for princely festivals.
The music of the ballet is performed by the Pinpeat orchestra, which is made up of traditional xylophones, metallophones, horizontal gongs, drums, and cymbals
Khmer classical dance derived from Indian court dance, which traces its origins to the apsarases of Hindu mythology, heavenly female nymphs who were born to dance for the gods.
www.tourismcambodia.com /Culture/Art_and_Culture/index.asp?PID=Dance   (511 words)

  
 Cambodia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Directors: Nol Mech (pinpeat and mohori orchestras) and Em Theay (sakrava and pinpeat choirs)
The four major components of the pinpeat orchestra are the wood xylophones, the gongs, the reed woodwinds, and the skin drums.
Of the two pieces to accompany the ballet, the final track here is a battle scene from the Ramayana, whereas track #7 is "pure" dance music.
www.medieval.org /music/world/cds/ocr60034.html   (213 words)

  
 Pinpeat, Cambogia - Audio - MSN Encarta
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L'oboe compare tra gli strumenti musicali del pinpeat, tradizionale gruppo strumentale della Cambogia le cui esecuzioni accompagnano spettacoli teatrali e di danza classica.
"Krom Phleng Pinpeat" da Cambodia: Traditional Music No. 1 (Cat.# Folkways FE 4081) (p)1978 Smithsonian-Folkways Recordings.
it.encarta.msn.com /media_461563539/Pinpeat_Cambogia.html   (51 words)

  
 Cambodia e-Gov Homepage: Country's Art and Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Silversmiths produced popular items of the period, such as animal-shaped boxes, intricately decorated, that were used to hold the ingredients of a preparation known as betel, which is chewed as a stimulant and tonic.
Classical Pinpeat of Cambodia, The Cambodian pinpeat ensemble is traditionally heard on feast days in the pagodas.
Classical Dance of Cambodia The epic poem of Rama (Ramayana) is believed to have been revealed to a Hindu holy man named Valmiki by Brahma, the god of creation.
www.cambodia.gov.kh /unisql1/egov/english/country.art&culture.html   (1199 words)

  
 Homrong: The National Dance Company of Cambodia - zonExplorer
Track four, Robaim Tep Monorom, is from the repetoire of the pinpeat orchestra, consisting of xylophones, gongs, drums, occasional vocals, and an oboe as the orchestra's leader.
Track eight, Preah Chinnavong, is another pinpeat track with a more relaxed pace than track four, and a very majestic musical color.
The album homrong is a very traditional Cambodian cd portraying from classical Cambodian music which would be associated with court dance right through to folk music often associated with the supernatural and other traditions by the common people of Cambodia.
www.celtic-one-design.com /php/B000000HOE.htm   (1441 words)

  
 Kathen
Whoever is organizing a Kathen begins by decorating the gates of where he is holding his event with flowers and ornamental plants.
Traditional pinpeat music is played and an orator uses a PA to tell passersby of the merit of Kathen to attract contributions; usually of money.
A procession usually forms as gifts come flowing in, until the gifts are eventually taken to a common area and prayers are offered before the celebrations continue with entertainment and dancing.
www.leisurecambodia.com /Leisure_Cambodia/No.05/Kathen.htm   (723 words)

  
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The Pinpeat ensemble plays the ceremonial music of the royal courts.
A wind and percussion based ensemble of approximately nine or twelve instruments, it accompanies court dance, masked play, shadow play, and religious ceremonies.
In fact, its history is carved into the walls of Angkor Wat in the shapes of the instruments held by celestial
www.khmerculturalcenter.org /other_instruments.htm   (341 words)

  
 MUSIC: KHMER DANCE TROUPE - New York Times
There were also two pieces in which barefoot, bespangled dancers told stories in subtle hand and foot gestures.
Two kinds of orchestral music were on the program - pieces for the pinpeat orchestra, which uses xylophones and gongs (like a Javanese gamelan) plus wind instruments, and for the mohori orchestra, which uses percussion and stringed instruments like Thai and Chinese music.
The mohori pieces were closer to Western music, with tunes clearly separated from accompaniment, while the pinpeat selections were an exuberant tangle of melodies.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E0DC1239F932A25750C0A962948260   (235 words)

  
 Khmer Classical Dance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
With a gentle turn of the wrist, arched fingers as supple as elastic, and one food raised and bent backwards, they gracefully move to the haunting beat of the pinpeat orchestra which comprises xylophones, horns, gongs and stringed instruments.
They represent the Apsaras, the joyful celestial beings whose images are carved on the walls of the temples built at the height of the Angkor Empire in Siem Reap province.
Khmer classical dance rely a lot on body posture and hand gestures to tell a story and these gestures have not changed much over the centuries.
www.e-khmer.com /features/data/28-September-2003-9-12-57.asp   (497 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Pinpeat
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Pinpeat" at HighBeam.
Cambodian musicians sing centuries old tunes to save a dying tradition
More information is at your fingertips at HighBeam Research:
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Pinpeat   (66 words)

  
 Cambodian Classical Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The pinpeat is an orchestra consisting of roneat (xylophones of both wood and metal), khong wong (gong-circles in two sizes), two types of double-reeds and several types of drums.
The pinpeat had a dual role in colonial era Cambodia: it participated in ceremonies of state, and it accompanied the classical dance for the benefit of the king.
These selections are all from the dance repertoire, and thus seen as a refined form of entertainment.
www.ibiblio.org /csloane/cambodia.htm   (199 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Music of Cambodia: Music: Various Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
This disc introduces Western ears to folk traditions that are almost unknown, even within Cambodia.
The first music listeners hear is a pinpeat orchestra, a combination of reeds, fiddles and percussion--from bamboo marimbas, drums, metal clappers and bass drums.
The music sounds like a gamelan, but with more drive, and a jazzy, improvisational feel.
www.amazon.ca /Music-Cambodia-Various-Artists/dp/B00000080A   (1569 words)

  
 Sralai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the only wind instrument in the pinpeat ensemble.
Its cousin, the Western oboe, has a double reed and a conical bore.
The pinpeat instruments tune to the sralai's pitch.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sralai   (120 words)

  
 Music of  the Royal Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Track 3, 6, 7 and 8 where recorded in 1970.
The sakrava choirs and for pinpeat and leader singer performed by Madam Em Theay.
The pinpeat and mohori orchestra of the Royal Palace was arranged by Mr.
www.angelfire.com /art/apsarakhmer/music_of_the_royal_palace.htm   (78 words)

  
 Apsara - Apsaras Khmer - Angkor Apsara Dance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Throughout the 1060s, Princess Norodom Buppha Devi, the graceful daughter of King Norodom Sihanouk, dazzled heads of state with her eternal beauty as she danced in the Royal classical ballet
The fine–boned young princess, clad in silk and glittering jewels, performed beneath the stars on the open pavilion within the palace walls, accompanied by the Royal dance troupe and the "pinpeat" orchestra: Gongs, drums, xylophones, horns and stringed instruments.
Selected by her grandmother, Queen Sisowath Monivong Kossomak Neary Rath Vattana, to become a dancer when she was only a baby.
www.cambodiazone.com /finearts/apsara.htm   (1389 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Music of the Royal Palace: Cambodge Musiques du Palais Royal (Années Soixante): Music: Various Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Musique Pinpeat du Ballet Royale: Danse des Apsaras
Musique Pinpeat du Ballet Royal: Reamker [Ramayana] Episode de la...
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www.amazon.ca /Music-Royal-Palace-Cambodge-Soixante/dp/B000003IEM   (226 words)

  
 Shopping for her - Books, DVD, Video, Camera & Photo, Computers, Magazines, Software   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Tracks 1 thru 6 are pinpeat music, which is the Cambodian xylophone orchestra.
The pinpeat music on this recording, however, has a more homestyle feeling than the national/royal pinpeat of the capital city, Phnom Penh.
Tracks 7 thru 9 are Khmer funeral music, utilizing the 9-gong instrument in the CD's title.
www.newomen.com /amaz+info-ASIN-B0000007XC.html   (602 words)

  
 CPAmedia.com: Cambodia's Cultural Arts
Music is sometimes accompanied by song, either improvised ballads or more usually formal court chants.
At some festivals a traditional orchestra known as phleng pinpeat will give performances of royal court music.
Yet another type of orchestra is the phleng khmer, which usually performs at weddings.
www.cpamedia.com /articles/20051020_02   (3220 words)

  
 MP3.com Search Results for: [ cambodia ]
In an attempt to resurrect the creative arts in Cambodia, which had been decimated during the regime of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian government helped to produce a tour of the National Dance Company Of Cambodia in 1992.
The group garnered critical acclaim for its highly choreographed dancing to the lively accompaniment of a pinpeat...
Portions of content provided by All Music Guide © 2006 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.
mp3.com /cambodia   (82 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Classical Khmer Music: Music: Pinpeat Orchestra of the Royal Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Amazon.com: Classical Khmer Music: Music: Pinpeat Orchestra of the Royal Palace
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Battle of Indrajit [Cambodian Râmâyana] - Pinpeat Orchestra,
www.amazon.com /Classical-Music-Pinpeat-Orchestra-Palace/dp/B000003I7N   (264 words)

  
 Oddio Overplay - Showcase Vol 5 - Allure of Asia
National Dance Company of Cambodia - Tep Monorom Dance (Pinpeat)
Pin peat is the ceremonial music of the former royal courts.
The pinpeat orchestra consists of roneat (xylophones of both wood and metal), khong wong (gong-circles in two sizes), two types of double-reeds and several types of drums.
www.oddiooverplay.com /ears/vol05.html   (893 words)

  
 CAMBODIA The Music of Cambodia, Vol. 2: Royal Court Music - Traditional, Music Downloads - Online
This Album was released by Traditional on 01/01/1995
The Pinpeat Orchestra (Dance Medley: Sinoun - Daemchin - Smeur - Cheut)
The Pinpeat Orchestra (Dance Medley: Pyadeun - Chonkes Reau - Saloma Bagnchos Lar)
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