Thursday, October 24, 2024

AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan – Unesco Collection – A Musical Anthology of the Orient – Bärenreiter-Musicaphon – BM 30 L 2003

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan – Unesco Collection – A Musical Anthology of the Orient – Bärenreiter-Musicaphon – BM 30 L 2003, recorded by Alain Daniélou, published in 1968 (LP)

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The birthplace of the Zoroastrian religion and the site of countless invasions, Afghanistan was a Buddhist stronghold before becoming a Muslim nation. Unsurprisingly, its rich musical heritage shows traces of many cultures, including Turkish, Iranian, Indian, Old Russian and even ancient Greek influences.


Paradoxically, the Afghan people have remained isolated from the outside world, and even among themselves, shielded by impenetrable mountains and deserts, which until recently allowed ancient local traditions and cultures to thrive unimpeded. 

 

Today, the rich, time-honored traditional and folk musics at the heart of the identity of the various ethnic/cultural groups living in Afghanistan – already severely affected by decades of political turmoil, foreign invasions, violence and rapid social change – are now sadly subject to a strict music ban imposed under Taliban rule.

 

This excellent LP of traditional Afghan music, recorded in more peaceful times in the late 1960s on the essential Bärenreiter-Musicaphon label, features long-necked plucked dombras (A1, A5, B4), rabab lutes (A1, A2, B1, B3), tumbur lutes (A7, B3, B5, B6), a dutar (B9), bowed sarindas (B6, B8), double-reed zurnas (A4) an Afghan tula flute (A3), a cheng Jew’s harp (B9), large dohol drums with two skin heads (A1, A2, A4, B1, B3, B6, B8), zerbaghali goblet drums (A3, A5, A7, B5, B9) and a doira frame drum (B7).

  

Berceau de la religion zoroastrienne, en proie à de nombreuses invasions au cours de son histoire, l'Afghanistan était un bastion bouddhiste avant de devenir une nation musulmane. Ce qui explique que son riche patrimoine musical porte les traces de nombreuses cultures, notamment des influences turques, iraniennes, indiennes, russes et même de la Grèce antique.

Paradoxalement, l'Afghanistan est également resté isolé du monde extérieur – vrai aussi pour les ethnies entre elles à l’intérieur du pays  – protégée par des montagnes impénétrables et des déserts infranchissable, laissant ainsi aux anciennes traditions et cultures locales la possibilité de s’exprimer sans entrave jusqu'à une période récente.

Déjà gravement affectées par des décennies de troubles politiques, d'invasions étrangères, de violence et de changements sociaux rapides, les riches musiques traditionnelles et folkloriques, au cœur de l'identité des différents groupes ethniques et culturels vivant en Afghanistan, sont à présent tristement soumises à une stricte interdiction de la musique imposée par le régime taliban.

 

Cet excellent disque de musique afghane, enregistré à une époque plus pacifique à la fin des années 1960 sur le formidable label Bärenreiter-Musicaphon, présente des dombras (A1, A5, B4), des luths rabab (A1, A2, B1, B3), des luths tumbur (A7, B3, B5, B6), un dutar (B9), des sarindas à archet (B6, B8), des zurnas à double anche (A4), une flûte afghane tula (A3), une guimbarde cheng (B9), des grands tambours dohol à deux peaux (A1, A2, A4, B1, B3, B6, B8), des tambours zerbaghali (A3, A5, A7, B5, B9) et un tambour sur cadre doira (B7).


A1 – Song of Kataran (Turkestan)

Dohol drum – Abdul Masjid 

Dombra – Abdul Udud

Vocals and rabab lute – Mohammad Naïm Mazari.

 

A2 – Song of Badarshan

Dohol drum – Abdul Masjid 

Rabab lute – Mohammad Naïm Mazari.

 

A3 – Melody for flute (Turkestan)

Afghan tula flute – Ghulam Haïdar

Zerbaghali goblet drum – Abdul Udud.

 

A4 – Festive Music from Chardi (Kabul region)

Dohol drums – Majeti & Gholam Dastagir

Zurnas – Mohammad Hassan & Rahmat Khan.

 

A5 – Chant from Azarejot (Central Afghanistan)

Zerbaghali goblet drum – Abdul Udud

Vocals & dombra – Anuar Shah Azaregi.

 

A6 – National Afghan dance (Shah Mast)

National Orchestra of Radio Kabul.

 

A7 – Chant from Farkhar

Zerbaghali goblet drum – Abdul Udud

Vocals & tumbur lute – Niyaz Mohammad.

 

B1 – Village dance melody (Kabul region)

Dohol drum – Abdul Masjid

Rabab lute – Tawakhal Shah.

 

B2 – Pashto quatrain (Charbait)

Vocals – Faqir Mohammad & Thella Mohammad.

 

B3 – Ancient chant of Kabul

Dohol drum – Faiyaz Mohammad

Rabab lute – Tawakhal Shah

Vocals & tumbur lute – Beltun.

 

B4 – Ancient chant of Khodaman

Vocals & dombra – Fedoh Mohammad Khodamani.

 

B5 – Tumbur lute solo

Tumbur lute – Hakim Mazori 

Zerbaghali goblet drum – Abdul Udud.

 

B6 – Ghazni chant

Dohol drum – Rausuddin

Rabab lute – Ustad Mohammad Omar

Bowed sarinda – Mohshin

Vocals & tumbur lute – Sher Mohammad Ghaznavi

 

B7 – Chorus from Panshir

Vocals & doira frame drum – Pordel.

 

B8 – Sarinda solo

Dohol drum – Faiyaz Mohammad

Bowed sarinda – Gholam Hassan.

 

B9 – The short dutar lute of Herat

Dutar – Abdul Karim Herati

Zerbaghali goblet drum – Abdul Udud

Cheng Jew's harp – Mohammad Naïm Mazari.


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My other Afghan music posts:

Afghanistan – CBS 65 954 here

Musiques d'Orient – Les Mariés du Bout du Monde – LDX 74478-79 here



Afghanistan #Afghan #music #dombra #rabab lute #tumbur lutes #dutar #sarinda #zurna #tula flute #cheng Jew’s harp #dohol drums #zerbaghali goblet drums #doira frame drum #Bärenreiter-Musicaphon #Unesco #endangered music #traditional #world music #vinyl #MusicRepublic



Afghanistan #Afghan #music #dombra #rabab lute #tumbur lutes #dutar #sarinda #zurna #tula flute #cheng Jew’s harp #dohol drums #zerbaghali goblet drums #doira frame drum #Bärenreiter-Musicaphon #Unesco #endangered music #traditional #world music #vinyl #MusicRepublic



Afghanistan #Afghan #music #dombra #rabab lute #tumbur lutes #dutar #sarinda #zurna #tula flute #cheng Jew’s harp #dohol drums #zerbaghali goblet drums #doira frame drum #Bärenreiter-Musicaphon #Unesco #endangered music #traditional #world music #vinyl #MusicRepublic



Afghanistan #Afghan #music #dombra #rabab lute #tumbur lutes #dutar #sarinda #zurna #tula flute #cheng Jew’s harp #dohol drums #zerbaghali goblet drums #doira frame drum #Bärenreiter-Musicaphon #Unesco #endangered music #traditional #world music #vinyl #MusicRepublic



Afghanistan #Afghan #music #dombra #rabab lute #tumbur lutes #dutar #sarinda #zurna #tula flute #cheng Jew’s harp #dohol drums #zerbaghali goblet drums #doira frame drum #Bärenreiter-Musicaphon #Unesco #endangered music #traditional #world music #vinyl #MusicRepublic

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3 comments:

  1. Your desciption is getting (sadly) more and more spot on. Thanks for your introduction (and keeping many recordings out of depths of oblivion ) for many lost artifacts (little spacetime machines) & congratulations for 3 hundreds post reach!

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