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UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Sam-Ang Sam concert recordings: National Dance Troupe of Cambodia, 1990-09-23
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sam, Sam-Ang, 1950-
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Sam-Ang Sam concert recordings: National Dance Troupe of Cambodia
- Dates
- 1990-09-231990-09-231990-09-23
- Quantity
- 2 videotapes : 2 vcts (8mm, sp, color, stereo) (Sony Hi8 Metal-E); list of works performed (provided by Sam-Ang Sam)
- Collection Number
- 1990040
- Summary
- Recorded at the University of Washington, Kane Hall, Room 130, September 23, 1990, 4:00 p.m.; original tape donated by Sam-Ang Sam.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Unrestricted: collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Sam-Ang Sam (1950-), from Pursat Province, Cambodia, is an ethnomusicologist, teacher, researcher, and performance artist. Sam-Ang earned a BA and an MA in composition and later a doctorate in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Sam-Ang Sam and his wife, performing artist, Chan Moly Sam, fled to the United States in response to the Khmer Rouge of the 1970s. In 1986, they formed the Apsara Ensemble, to help keep their heritage a living part of Cambodian life in the US. It remains the country's premier Cambodian performing-arts ensemble. In addition to the Apsara Ensemble, he founded the Sam-Ang Sam Ensemble, which he has used as a platform to help revive Classical Khmer music and increase public interest in Cambodian performing arts throughout the world.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Video recording by Endo Suanda.
Performers: National Dance Troupe of Cambodia (35 artist-performers from the University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh); Sam-Ang Sam, guest musician.
Contents: folk dances and court dances: Apsara (court dance); Coconut Shell (folk dance); Cambodian music; Mekhala (dance drama); Tball Kdoeung (folk dance); Battle at Night (masked play); Ramayana (dance drama); Chhayaim (folk dance)
Documentation: Flyer
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Cambodians--Asia--Southeast Asia
- Concerts
- Ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Indochina--Asia--Southeast Asia
- Southeast Asia--Asia--Southeast Asia
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Sam, Sam-Ang, 1950- (performer)
Corporate Names
- National Dance Troupe Of Cambodia (performer)
