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To sing in pairs : Austronesian chants among Taiwan's indigenous peoples / edited by Chun-Bin Chen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in the oral traditions of music ; 15.
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Recent Researches in the Oral Traditions of Music ; 15
- Language:
- Austronesian (Other)
- Chinese
- English
- Mandarin Chinese
- Puyuma
- Subjects (All):
- Puyuma (Taiwan people)--Music.
- Puyuma (Taiwan people).
- Chants--Taiwan.
- Chants.
- Austronesian languages--Taiwan--Music.
- Austronesian languages.
- Puyuma language--Taiwan--Music.
- Puyuma language.
- Genre:
- Chants.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 81 pages) : photographs, maps, facsimiles, music.
- Other Title:
- Austronesian chants among Taiwan's indigenous peoples
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2025.
- Language Note:
- Text chiefly in English; text of songs in Pinuyumayan with parallel English translations or, in some places, parallel Mandarin Chinese translations and transliterations into Japanese katakana script.
- 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." -- Provided by publisher.
- 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).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 79-81).
- Online resource (A-R editions, viewed 30 March 2025).
- ISBN:
- 1-9872-0915-X
- OCLC:
- 1513506456
- Publisher Number:
- OT015 A-R Editions, Inc.
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