Musical Arrangement in King Rama V’s Play, Ngo Pa: Traces of Alteration from Old Tradition to Modernity
Keywords:
musical arrangement, Ngo Pa, traces of alteration in dramaAbstract
Objectives: This article aims to study the processes of musical arrangement in King Rama V’s Play, Ngo Pa.
Methods: This documentary research employed King Rama V’s play, Ngo Pa, as the primary text and other related research documents as well as interviews with scholars and Thai music experts.
Results: One of the remarkable characteristics of King Rama V’s play, Ngo Pa, is the combination of the Thai classical composition of lakonram (dance drama) and Western drama. The dramatic music in this play is a clear element that evidently exhibits such a unique character. The findings reveal that King Rama V employed 3 significant approaches to arrange the dramatic music in this play: 1) following the traditional pattern of Thai classical dance play or lakonram; 2) adjusting phlengnaphat and phlengkhabrong to fit the performance of the play; and 3) including modern folk songs.
Application of this study: This specific musical arrangement reveals a trace of alteration from the writing of old traditional literature to new modern drama due to the flourished Western trends at that time.
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