To sing in pairs : Austronesian chants among Taiwan's indigenous peoples / edited by Chun-Bin Chen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

A-R Editions, publisher.

Chen, Chun-bin, 1964- editor.

Series:

Recent researches in the oral traditions of music ; 15.

Recent researches in the oral traditions of music ; 15

Language:

Austronesian (Other)

English

Subjects (All):

Puyuma (Taiwan people)--Music.

Puyuma (Taiwan people).

Chants--Taiwan.

Chants.

Austronesian languages--Taiwan--Music.

Austronesian languages.

Genre:

Chants (Music).

Musicology texts.

Chants.

Scores.

Physical Description:

xx, 81 pages : illustrations, map, facsimiles, music ; 24 cm.

monochrome

illustration

map

Other Title:

Austronesian chants among Taiwan's indigenous peoples

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, [2025]

Language Note:

Texts in Piyumamayan (romanized) with English translations; commentary in English.

Summary:

"By presenting ritual chants of the Pinuyumayan people, one of Taiwan's sixteen Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups, this edition provides a glimpse into little-known aspects of Austronesian music and culture. The Austronesian geographical realm extends southward from Taiwan and includes insular Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Madagascar, making the Austronesian language family the most widespread language family in the world. By revealing the interrelated dualities that permeate Pinuyumayan ritual chants and sociocultural practices, this edition argues that parallelism, a prominent feature of Austronesian languages pointed out by James J. Fox, lays a foundation for the social and ritual functions performed by Pinuyumayan chants. Through an examination of the Pinuyumayan people's practice of singing in pairs, the editor introduces the elaborate prosodic design and antiphonal singing practices of Pinuyumayan ritual chants to general readers, performers, composers, and music scholars." -- Back cover.

Contents:

Kudaw (Lamenting the monkey's death)

Tremilratilraw and Padukeduk (Skip dance)

Maresaur (Celebration chant)

Emayaayam (Chant for celebrating the completion of weeding)

Irairaw (Chant for the great hunting ritual)

Appendix 1: Irairaw texts from the Kono-Kurosawa collections. Irairaw kan Ngalu ; Tu irairaw kana bali ; Pulibun

Appendix 2: Irairaw texts from the Nanwang and Papulu booklets. Nanwang Irairaw ; Irairaw dra palakuwan i Gamugamut : (sung in Papulu)

Appendix 3: Irairaw dra palakuwan i Gamugamut : facsimile from Pakawyan Katadrepan 2014.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81).

ISBN:

9781987209143

1987209141

9781987209150

198720915X

OCLC:

1484427518

Publisher Number:

90101717497

10.31022/OT015