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Where Rivers and Mountains Sing
Sound, Music, and Nomadism in Tuva and Beyond
With Valentina Süzükei
Published by: Indiana University Press
312 Pages, 41 b&w photos, 5 figures, 32 color photos, 2 maps
- eBook
- 9780253045027
- Published: November 2010
$12.99
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Theodore Levin takes readers on a journey through the rich sonic world of inner Asia, where the elemental energies of wind, water, and echo; the ubiquitous presence of birds and animals; and the legendary feats of heroes have inspired a remarkable art and technology of sound-making among nomadic pastoralists. As performers from Tuva and other parts of inner Asia have responded to the growing worldwide popularity of their music, Levin follows them to the West, detailing their efforts to nourish global connections while preserving the power and poignancy of their music traditions.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
On Language and Pronunciation
Dramatis Personae
1. Finding the Field
Road Warriors
Kyzyl
Reinventing Tuva
2. The World Is Alive with the Music of Sound
Musical Offerings
In a Cave
Natural Reverb
Interlude
3. Listening the Tuvan Way
Timbre-Centered Music
Throat-Singing: The Ideal Timbral Art
4. Sound Mimesis
Mimesis and the Power of Representation
Hunters: The Earliest Sound Technologists?
Ludic Mimesis
Sound Mimesis and Spiritual Landscape
Sound Mimesis as Narrative
The Mimesis of Mimesis
Mimesis as Cultural Memory
5. Music, Sound, and Animals
Animal Spirits
Signaling and Singing to Animals
Listening to Animals
Animals in Music
"Animal Style" Art and Music
6. An Animist View of the World
Huun-Huur-Tu at Home
Epic Dreams
Shamans and Champagne
The Spirit of Manas
Women Are Not Supposed to Do This
The Ondar Phenomenon
Crete
Postlude: Appropriation and Its Discontents
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Key to Selections on Compact Disc
Key to Selections on DVD
Theodore Levin is Professor of Music at Dartmouth College and author of The Hundred Thousand Fools of God: Musical Travels in Central Asia (and Queens, New York) (IUP, 1997).
Valentina Süzükei is Senior Academic Officer of the Tuvan Institute for Humanities Research in Kyzyl, Tuva. She is author of three books on Tuvan music, including The Musical Culture of Tuva in the Twentieth Century (in Russian).
"This is a perceptive book and a comfortable read. . . . [Levin] beautifully presents his central ideas regarding the spiritual and ecological music making in Inner Asia with enchanting and captivating storytelling. . . . A welcome addition to reading this text is the accompanying CD/DVD, which includes musical examples illustrating the stories and further draws readers into the telling of his story. These audiovisual examples not only function to help in understanding the book itself but are useful for class teaching on Inner Asian music."
~Asian Music
"Always readable, with issues and ideas presented in an immediate style, rich in personal vignettes and ethnographic detail, and brought to life by the fabulous audio/visual supplement material that is available on-line, Where Rivers and Mountains Sing is a gift for teachers and students."
~Ethnomusicology
"This is a complex, informationally-dense book that fits well into recent trends toward aural phenomena."
~Nina Fales
"Thanks to his wonderful innate taste, his tremendous linguistic skills, and his curiosity and passion to share what he discovers, Ted Levin has given us a window into a world of traditional music we might never otherwise know."
~Yo-Yo Ma
"A vivid picture of music in inner Asia today—both the ancient traditions and the way they're rubbing up against the modern world. . . . After reading this immensely readable and thought-provoking book, you'll never listen to throat singing the same way again."
~Simon Broughton, editor, Songlines and Rough Guide to World Music
"No other writer could extract such a melange of philosophy, acoustics, and aesthetics from one man's vocalization over a running stream—or report with such canny insight on how that individual must negotiate his life as a 'star' in the West."
~Michael Church, BBC World Service
"Entertaining, fascinating, and well written, it depicts important issues in the globalization of indigenous music."
~Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, Georgetown University
"
Entertaining, fascinating, and well written, it depicts important issues in the globalization of indigenous music.
" ~Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, Georgetown University
"
A vivid picture of music in inner Asia today—both the ancient traditions and the way they're rubbing up against the modern world. . . . After reading this immensely readable and thought-provoking book, you'll never listen to throat singing the same way again.
" ~Simon Broughton, editor, Songlines and Rough Guide to World Music
"
Thanks to his wonderful innate taste, his tremendous linguistic skills, and his curiosity and passion to share what he discovers, Ted Levin has given us a window into a world of traditional music we might never otherwise know.
" ~Yo-Yo Ma
"
No other writer could extract such a melange of philosophy, acoustics, and aesthetics from one man's vocalization over a running stream—or report with such canny insight on how that individual must negotiate his life as a 'star' in the West.
" ~Michael Church, BBC World Service
Where Rivers and Mountains Sing - Audio and Video
To see the full collection, you can visit this link: https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/p88c488q7t.
Audio Tracks
- Evening Roundup in Chandman, Mongolia performed by ***
- Wind Harmonics on Stringed Instruments performed by ***
- Artyy-Saiyr performed by Vasili Chazyr
- Alash performed by Mergen Mongush
- Kargyraa in a Cave performed by Anatoli Kuular
- Kargyraa performed by Eres-ool Mongush
- Xöömei performed by Sundukai Mongush
- Jew's Harp performed by Oleg Kuular
- The River Herlen performed by Xongorzul
- Borbangnadyr with Water performed by Anatoli Kuular
- Kai: My Topshuur performed by Sarymai Orchimaev
- Buyant Gol performed by Sengedorj
- Gooj Nanaa performed by Sengedorj
- Amyrga performed by Maar-ool Sat
- Two Lovers on Horseback performed by Gombojav
- Running Horse performed by Gombojav
- Wounded Bear performed by Gombojav
- Young Show-off performed by Gombojav
- Camel Gait performed by Gombojav
- Animal Sound Mimicry performed by Albert Saspyk-ool
- Animal Sound Mimicry performed by Alexander Tülüsh
- Mountain Kargyraa performed by Aldyn-ool Sevek
- Steppe Kargyraa performed by Aldyn-ool Sevek
- Contour of Altai Mountains performed by Gombojav
- Contour of Hangai Mountains performed by Gombojav
- The Sound of a Mountain Singing performed by Evgeni Ulugbashev
- Mountain Voices performed by Evgeni Ulugbashev
- Shanchyg performed by Anatoli Kuular
- Gallop of Jonon Har performed by Bat-Erdene
- Talking Jew's Harp performed by Sarymai Orchimaev
- The River Eev performed by Deleg Bayansair
- Black-Spotted Yak performed by Dari Bandi
- Animal Signals performed by Dari Bandi
- Sheep Domestication Song (Mongolia) performed by Gombosurengiin Begzjav
- Sheep Domestication Song (Tuva) performed by Doluma Lopsanchap
- Yak-Milking Melody performed by Tserenedimit
- Chyraa-Xor performed by Huun-Huur-Tu
- Xöömei on Horseback performed by Anatoli Kuular and Kaigal-ool Xovalyg
- Ezenggileer performed by Marjymal Ondar
- Ancestors performed by Huun-Huur-Tu
Videos
- Huun-Huur-Tu on the Road, San Francisco, California, 1999 performed by Huun-Huur-Tu
- A Drive in the Mountains Western Tuva, Summer 2003 performed by Huun-Huur-Tu
- The Singing River performed by Anatoli Kuular
- Whistling a Landscape performed by Grigori Mongush
- Bayan-Dugai performed by Kaigal-ool Xovalyg
- Buqtym, Buqtym (I'm Ducking, I'm Ducking) performed by Abdulhamit Raimbergenov
- Karasai performed by Abdulhamit Raimbergenov
- Ak-Tamak—Kök-Tamak (White Neck—Blue Neck) performed by Namazbek Uraliev
- Toguz Qairyq (Nine Themes) performed by Ruslan Jumabaev
- Bie Dance performed by Residents of Türgen Sum, Uvs Aimag, western Mongoli
- The White Swan performed by Raushan Orazbaeva
- The Rabbit-Shaman performed by Ochur-ool Mongush
- Chyraa-Bora performed by Aldar Tamdyn
- The Gallop of Tulpar performed by Yedil Huseinov
- Dancing Mountain Goat performed by Yedil Huseinov
- Siber Chyltys performed by Vyacheslav Kuchenov
- Pis Kildibis performed by Sabjilar
- Shaman Ritual performed by Lazo Mongush
- Excerpt from Manas Epic performed by Rysbek Jumabaev
- Kojamyk performed by Tyva Kyzy
- Öpei-Yry (Lullaby) performed by Tyva Kyzy
- Praise-Song performed by Raisa Modorova
- Kyzyl-Taiga performed by Kaigal-ool Xovalyg
- Tuvan Music Ad-Ventures I: A Swedish Snack Food performed by Huun-Huur-Tu
- Tuvan Music Ad-Ventures II: A Greek Soccer Lottery performed by Huun-Huur-Tu