 Item : Fajar Di Atas Awan U12
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- Title
- Fajar Di Atas Awan
- Original title / translation
- Dawn over clouds
- Collector
- Yampolsky, Philip
- Collection
- Indonesian Guitars
- Recording date
- July 6, 1997 - July 6, 1997
- Access type
- metadata
Geographic and cultural informations
- Location
- Sumatra
- Population / social group
- Batak
- Ethnographic context
- "Fajar Di Atas Awan" (Dawn over clouds), like many of Irwansyah Harahap’s songs, is concerned with religion, here the peace that comes when faith reasserts itself after a period of doubt or distance from God. The composer, a Muslim, notes that "spiritually, textually, and musically" the song is influenced by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and qawwali. The melody is basically modal, and the genre requires the use of a sruti-box. To introduce elements of a contrasting system, tonal harmony, Irwansyah Harahap has added a guitar.
Archiving data
- Code
- CNRSMH_E_2000_019_016_012
- Original code
- DI.2000.019.016U12
- Item number
- U12
- Remarks
- Interprète: Suarasama.
Irwansyah Harahap - Guitar, Vocals, male
Rithaony Hutajulu - Vocals, female
Ernie Zulfan Rangkuti - Percussion instruments
Nandang Kusnandar - Percussion instruments
Syainul Irwan - Sruti Box - Last modification
- May 18, 2011, 9:50 a.m.
Technical data
- Media type
- Audio
