Tạp chí in Tiếng Anh

The Conceptions of “Yin-Yang” and “Five Basic Elements” in Đờn ca tài tử (Amateur’s music)

Candidate Khanh Hoang NGUYEN

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Ngày nhận bài: 22/07/2023 Ngày phản biện: 10/08/2023 Ngày xuất bản: 28/10/2023

Abstract:

Đờn ca tài tử or Amateur’s music, a kind of traditional chamber music of South Vietnam, is well-known throughout this country and is present in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Based on the local people’s outlooks on human life, especially the concepts of “Yin-Yang” and “Five Basic Elements”, this kind of music has “a scholarly content in a folk form”, which deserves to be praised as “marvelous mode of musical performance” in the treasure of Vietnamese traditional music.

Keyword:

Amateur’s music, outlooks on human life, Yin-Yang conception, Five Basic Elements conception.

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Reference:

(1), (2) Trần Văn Khê (2006), “Âm và Dương trong âm nhạc truyền thống” (Yin and Yang in Vietnamese Tradional Music). Cf. http://vietsciences.free.fr/vietnam/ amnhac/amvaduong trongamnhactruyenthong.html

(3) Võ Trường Kỳ (2013), “Đờn ca tài tử Nam Bộ” (Amateur’s music in South Vietnam), Culture-Infomation Publishing House, Hanoi, p. 211-212.

(4), (5) Nguyễn Văn Ngưu (1995), “Cổ nhạc tổ truyền nguyên lý” (Inherited Essentials of Traditional Music), Culture-Art Publishing House, Ho Chi Minh City, pp. 9, 8.

(6) Trần Thanh Hà (2013), “Tháng năm âm người Việt dưới góc nhìn văn hóa học” (The Viet pentatomic scale as viewed from Cultural Studies), Journal “Social Sciences”, No 1, p. 47.

(7) Trần Văn Khê (2010), “Nghệ thuật Đờn ca tài tử trong không gian văn hóa Nam Bộ” (Amateur’s Music in the Cultural Space of South Vietnam), International conference: “Amateur’s Music and Modes of Improvised Concert, Ho Chi Minh City.

Abstract Keyword Reference Content

Amateur’s music, outlooks on human life, Yin-Yang conception, Five Basic Elements conception.

(3) Võ Trường Kỳ (2013), “Đờn ca tài tử Nam Bộ” (Amateur’s music in South Vietnam), Culture-Infomation Publishing House, Hanoi, p. 211-212.

(4), (5) Nguyễn Văn Ngưu (1995), “Cổ nhạc tổ truyền nguyên lý” (Inherited Essentials of Traditional Music), Culture-Art Publishing House, Ho Chi Minh City, pp. 9, 8.