Mamayog : the music of Samaon Sulaiman /

Sulaiman, Samaon, 1953-2011.

Mamayog : the music of Samaon Sulaiman / recordings, Samaon Sulaiman ; transcriptions, Francis Paul B. Peralta ; main text, Juliet R. Bien ; additional text, Jesus T. Peralta ; photographs, Renato S. Rastrollo. - 392 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

in staff notation. Synopsis on each song also available. Introduction includes historical background on the kutyapi with detailed description of its tuning, structure and playing technique. Filipino kutyapi or lute music composed by Samaon Sulaiman, a famous Magindanao lute musician Music Score.

Mamayog: the music of Samaon Sulaiman, a set of audio recordings with a book containing more than 300 pages of transcriptions of these recordings and a monograph about the Maguindanaon kutyapi. Samaon Sulaiman was conferred the title, Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasure), in 1993 for keeping alive traditional Maguindanao kutyapi music against the onslaught of modernity, in accordance with Republic Act No. 7355. This law recognized master folk artists who dedicate their skills to nourish traditional crafts threatened by extinction. The recordings and book pay homage to the ingenuity of the Filipino traditional artists and Samaon Sulaiman's final legacy to the Filipino people.

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Folk music --Maguindanao.
Maguindanaon (Philippine people)--Philippines

ML 3758.P6 / .Su51 2011