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Interview with Proeng Pruon, 2008-07-07

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Title
Interview with Proeng Pruon, 2008-07-07
Additional title: Khmer Dance Project moving image
Names
Prum Mésa (Videographer)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Director)
Proeung Pruon (Interviewee)
Proeung Pruon (Musician)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Interviewer)
Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā (Associated name)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Editor of a moving image work)
Collection

Khmer Dance Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2008
Table of Contents
Proueng Pruon plays music on the Roneat (xylophone) (5 min.) -- Interview (30 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1271
Topics
Musicians -- Cambodia
Musical instruments -- Cambodia
Ranāt ēk
Genres
Interviews
Music
Notes
Funding: Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
Date: Copyright date: 2012
Biographical/historical: Funded by a grant from the Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation, the KDP began in 2008 when the Center for Khmer Studies partnered with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division to interview and film the three generations of artists - including dancers, musicians and singers, as well as embroiderers and dressers - who kept dance alive during and in the wake of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Venue: Recorded 7 July 2008 Proeung Pruon's house at Prek Krabau, Kândal province, Cambodia.
Acquisition: Khmer Dance Project is a program created by Anne H. Bass in conjunction with the Center for Khmer Studies and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Language: Khmer, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (DVCam) (35 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Description
Proeung Pruon speaks about how he learned to play music as a child; what instruments he can play; his studies at the Lycee Sisowath. He relates a story about meeting the Queen (Kossomak) and playing for her. He describes his experiences under the Khmer Rouge, and how he survived. He describes the ceremony of paying respects to the full moon, and what music is used; the make-up of orchestras; the king and queen's musical tastes and talents. Finally, he speaks about the preservation of music and how scores are kept.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
Central Khmer
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19944672
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9d8995a0-0821-0131-d044-3c075448cc4b
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  • 2008: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Proeng Pruon, 2008-07-07" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2008. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed557860-0380-0131-a998-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Proeng Pruon, 2008-07-07" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed557860-0380-0131-a998-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2008). Interview with Proeng Pruon, 2008-07-07 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed557860-0380-0131-a998-3c075448cc4b

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Interview with Proeng Pruon, 2008-07-07