Quan họ

Quan họ chants on Hoan Kiem Lake

Quan họ is a Vietnamese style of folk music in which alternating chants are played between male and female participants. The lyrics deal with themes from the repertoire of love , sentimentality and the passing on of experiences from old to young. In 2009 UNESCO declared this music an Intangible Cultural Heritage .

The Quan Họ style originated in what is now Bắc Ninh province in northern Vietnam and was first sung in the 13th century with the Spring Festival, which was linked to the traditional celebration of Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnamese New Year ). First of all, the Câu Ra is regularly sung in competition, a collection of the most popular folk songs performed by women and responded to by men. Care is taken to ensure that Câu đối is observed, a melodic oneRepetition. After finishing the contribution, the roles will be swapped. The chants originally took place without musical accompaniment. Today it is customary for singers to be accompanied by instruments, regardless of traditional Vietnamese instruments or more modern ones such as electric ones.

There are a variety of Quan Họ melodies that are recorded with a variety of diverse songs. A simpler variant are the Trống Quân chants, which are characterized by modern concepts.

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Individual evidence

↑ Quan Họ Singing in ritual festivals in Bắc Ninh Region (Vietnam) ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs
↑ Viet Nam social sciences - Numéros 4 à 6 - Page 25 Ủy ban khoa học xã hội Việt Nam - 2008 "QUAN HO SINGING TRAN VAN KHE 'In a hat trống quân (a type of popular art) competition for prizes, singers divide themselves into two groups (males and females) to make repartees through words, instead of music. In contrast, quan ho singing requires counterpoints and complicated and particular standards that are not found in hat trống quân. Known as similar musical genres in festivals, the latter is believed to be far more diverse than the former. "

[1] Quan Họ Singing in ritual festivals in Bắc Ninh Region (Vietnam) ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Quan Họ Bắc Ninh folk songs

[3] Viet Nam social sciences - Numéros 4 à 6 - Page 25 Ủy ban khoa học xã hội Việt Nam - 2008 "QUAN HO SINGING TRAN VAN KHE 'In a hat trống quân (a type of popular art) competition for prizes, singers divide themselves into two groups (males and females) to make repartees through words, instead of music. In contrast, quan ho singing requires counterpoints and complicated and particular standards that are not found in hat trống quân. Known as similar musical genres in festivals, the latter is believed to be far more diverse than the former. "