Introduction: Mongolian Sound Worlds: Opening Snapshots (Sunmin Yoon)


FIGURE 0.1. Temporary outdoor theatre for the opera Uchirtai Gurvan Tolgoi in Sükhbaatar Square, Ulaanbaatar. Photo by S. Yoon.


Video 1. ​B. Sharav, “Seren Tal” (Awakened Steppe)

Video 2. Ch. Sharkhüüken,  “Kherlengiin bar’ya” (The banks of the Kherlen River)

PART ONE: LANDSCAPES AND SOUNDSCAPES

Interlude: Song about the Steppe (K. Oktyabr and Jennifer Post)

Video 1.Zhalghyz Aghash Arasan Tolghau, performed by Oktyabr near his settlement at Zhalghyz aghash, Deluun sum, Bayan Ölgii aimag, 2007. Photo and recording by J. C. Post.


Chapter 1. Sound, Music, Pastoralism, and Nature in Mongolian Sound Worlds (Jennifer Post)