A DVD set featuring the traditional music of Hanoi will be releasedlater this month in honour of the capital's millennium in October.
The set, which is the first of its kind, includesfour DVDs featuring the history of Hanoi 's traditional music,including songs and music works in different styles performed by veteranand young singers and musicians. Most of them work for the city'straditional theatres.
The DVD-producer MusicPublishing House invested a great deal of money and human resources torecord and film the artists on stage and in daily life.
The film's directors, People's Artist Tran Van Thuy and Nguyen SiChung, perfected the film with beautiful scenes and music.
Veteran artists Thanh Ngoan, Xuan Hach, Minh Anh and The Dan, four ofthe region's leading traditional singers and music players, perform attheir best in the film.
"Our artists'performances and talks provide audiences with the knowledge and beautyof traditional music and instruments," said Chung, the film's director.
He also added that through the DVD audiencescould improve their knowledge of the different forms of music and couldsing traditional tunes.
The film will beavailable in bookstores to celebrate 1,000 years of Hanoi . The filmhighlights Ca Tru, Hat Xam and Canh Hong Tu, three popular genres ofmusic in the royal citadel of Thang Long (former name of Hanoi ).
Ca Tru (also known as Hat A Dao or ceremonialsinging), an ancient genre of chamber music, features female vocalistswho sing while playing music on bamboo tablets.
This was associated with a geisha-like form of entertainment.
The music was inscribed on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritagein need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009 by the United NationsEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Hat Xam (blind buskers music) is a type of folk music dating from the Tran Dynasty in the 14th century.
It was generally performed by blind buskers who travelled around thecitadel to earn their living by singing in common places like markets.
Xam artists often play Dan Bau (monochord) or DanNhi (two-chord fiddle) to accompany the song themselves. The mostfamous surviving artisan of the art form is Ha Thi Cau, a Hanoiresident.
Canh Hong Tu is the kind of music used in religious ceremonies which dates back thousands of years ago in Thang Long./.
The set, which is the first of its kind, includesfour DVDs featuring the history of Hanoi 's traditional music,including songs and music works in different styles performed by veteranand young singers and musicians. Most of them work for the city'straditional theatres.
The DVD-producer MusicPublishing House invested a great deal of money and human resources torecord and film the artists on stage and in daily life.
The film's directors, People's Artist Tran Van Thuy and Nguyen SiChung, perfected the film with beautiful scenes and music.
Veteran artists Thanh Ngoan, Xuan Hach, Minh Anh and The Dan, four ofthe region's leading traditional singers and music players, perform attheir best in the film.
"Our artists'performances and talks provide audiences with the knowledge and beautyof traditional music and instruments," said Chung, the film's director.
He also added that through the DVD audiencescould improve their knowledge of the different forms of music and couldsing traditional tunes.
The film will beavailable in bookstores to celebrate 1,000 years of Hanoi . The filmhighlights Ca Tru, Hat Xam and Canh Hong Tu, three popular genres ofmusic in the royal citadel of Thang Long (former name of Hanoi ).
Ca Tru (also known as Hat A Dao or ceremonialsinging), an ancient genre of chamber music, features female vocalistswho sing while playing music on bamboo tablets.
This was associated with a geisha-like form of entertainment.
The music was inscribed on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritagein need of Urgent Safeguarding in 2009 by the United NationsEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Hat Xam (blind buskers music) is a type of folk music dating from the Tran Dynasty in the 14th century.
It was generally performed by blind buskers who travelled around thecitadel to earn their living by singing in common places like markets.
Xam artists often play Dan Bau (monochord) or DanNhi (two-chord fiddle) to accompany the song themselves. The mostfamous surviving artisan of the art form is Ha Thi Cau, a Hanoiresident.
Canh Hong Tu is the kind of music used in religious ceremonies which dates back thousands of years ago in Thang Long./.
