asianmusicproject
Collection of Information and Instructional Materials in Asian Music
Cambodia is one of the most beautiful countries in Southeast Asia. It is also known as Kâmpŭchéa. It was the center of the Khmer (Cambodian) kingdom of Angkor, a great empire that dominated Southeast Asia for 600 years. Their music gained a world-wide reputation in the 1960s until the dramatic political problems in Cambodia.
Art music is highly influenced by ancient forms as well as to their Religion Theravada Buddhism.
The arts of Cambodia, along with religion, literature, philosophy, and architecture, are almost Indian in inspiration and expression. Many Khmer kings were of Indian descent, and royal courts, temples, and statuary were modeled on those in India.
Khmer music is intimately connected to the history and geography of the country. From the earliest times, the Khmer may have Historical had their own local music that grew out of Mon-Khmer musical Perspective roots
Music of Cambodia
Cambodian court music is roughly similar to that of Java, Indonesia. They feature choruses with large orchestras based on struck keys and gongs.
Cambodian people also absorbed and adopted Indian, Chinese, European, and other cultures to suit their own traditions and tastes that resulted in a distinct Cambodian culture.
While mostly in Khmer musical pieces are grouped into several categories according to their nature--narrative, descriptive, and sentimental where categories are related to their language, dialect, or regional "accents" because their names relate to specific groups, their compositions have a certain character, style, and general manner appropriate to each.
Forms, Techniques, Styles and others
