Djong yun popol vuh book

Julian cope presents head heritage the book of seth popol vuh. Book of the community, book of counsel, or more literally as book of the people. It chronicles the creation of humankind, the actions of. Did you, conny veit and djong yun ever perform as a band, publicly. The first album without djong yuns vocals, its a purely instrumental affair. Books similar to the popol vuh meet your next favorite book. The first album of gila however was released one year later on basf. The most spiritual, ethereal, thanks to the guitar weaving delicate and hypnotic arabesques and of djong yun celestial vocals, helped by quiet meditative piano and peaceful oboe parts.

Djong yun is the korean female singer with popol vuh in the early to mid1970s. The book was very important to fricke who said, when i read the book for the first time, i got ideas all of a sudden by which i was able to define other old books. The popol vuh, which has been translated as book of the council, book of the community, book of the people, and the sacred book, is the creation account of the quiche mayan people. In fact, the name popol vuh itself comes from an ancient mayan text containing mythological narratives and the story of creation.

Goodreads members who liked the popol vuh also liked. Pioneers of german krautrock music, popol vuh was the creature of florian fricke 19442001. This is a high quality, cared for box set that collects all the soundtrack work popol vuh did for werner herzog with original artwork, fantastic sound, and a booklet that is probably worth the price alone. Popol vuh is one among a very few full text books that exists from the mesoamericans cultures. At much the same time popol vuh was formed in munich in 1969, another group of norwegian descent adopted the same name, an endless source of confusion in the years to follow. Dec 09, 20 as an added bonus, the album shipped with a 7.

The first album affenstunde 1970 is an early jaunt into electronic music with its massive use of the moog synthesizer as well as added percussion. Popol vuh were a german musical collective founded by keyboardist florian fricke in 1969 together with holger trulzsch, frank fiedler and bettina fricke. The band took its name from the mayan manuscript containing the mythology of the quiche. Popol vuh biography founded in munich, germany in 1969 disbanded in 2001 florians death florian fricke was born by lake constance in 1944.

Not only was this popol vuhs 1974 personnel lineup but djong yun is nowhere to be heard on this entirely instrumental album. Other important members during the next two decades included djong yun. Buch mose the fifth book of moses and is more pastoral, more classical, and its here where perhaps the roots of what prompted people to later refer to popol vuh as new age music sprouted from. By reading the old mayan book popol vuh you must have gotten the idea of the. Originally released in 1970 in germany by liberty records, it has been reissued several times by various international labels. Find books like the popol vuh from the worlds largest community of readers. Other important members during the next two decades included djong yun, renate knaup, conny veit, daniel fichelscher, klaus wiese and robert eliscu.

It contains stories of the cosmologies, origins, traditions, and spiritual history of the mayan people. Conny veit from stuttgart founded his band gila in 1969. From 1959 till 1963 he studied music in munich, where he was a pupil of rudolph hindemith paul hindemiths. Hosianna mantra is a music studio album recording by popol vuh. The popol vuh is a sacred maya text which narrates the maya creation myths and describes the early maya dynasties. The name and the book popl vuh stems from incan mythology and is the memory of the evolution of humanity. Teach your students to analyze literature like litcharts does. Instant downloads of all 1296 litchart pdfs including popol vuh. He tapped korean soprano djong yun to lend vocals to 1972s lovely. The sacred music of popol vuh archie patterson medium. Named after the holy book of guatemalas kiche people, and inspired by mozart, early. Of the many nowlegendary artists to emerge from the krautrock movement, few anticipated the rise of modern electronic music with the same prescience as popol vuh the first german band to employ a moog synthesizer, their work not only anticipated the emergence of ambient, but also proved pioneeri. Other important members during the next two decades included djong yun, renate knaup, conny veit, daniel fichelscher, klaus wiese and robert.

Popol vuh the werner herzog soundtracks 2010, cd discogs. At much the same time popol vuh was formed in munich in 1969, another group, of norwegian descent, adopted the same name, an endless source of confusion in the years to follow. Her only solo output known is the single documented here. It is a notable early example of the moog synthesizer being used for the production and composition of original music. Popol vuh was paired down to the trio of fricke, fichelscher guitar and drums and yun for the two following albums.

Most of the maya books were destroyed by zealous priests during the colonial era. The preamble states the intention of the author in writing the work, sets the time period as postconquest, and makes the point that the original work takes a long performance and account to complete the lighting of all the skyearth 63. The lineup is fricke, fichelscher, knaup, yun, gromer, chris karrer on sax and susan goetting on oboe. Popol vuh, also known as libro del consejo council book, recounts the cosmology, mythology, traditions, and history of the ancient mayan people of guatemala highlands, called the kiche or. Since fricke died in 2001, things have got little better and the popol vuh. The work is divided into a brief preamble and four books. Fricke named the band after the mayan book of the people, and used a love of. By reading the old mayan book popol vuh you must have gotten the idea of. He tapped korean soprano djong yun to lend vocals to 1972s lovely hosianna mantra, and for the next popol vuh lp, seligpreisung, fricke teamed with onetime amon duul ii drummer daniel fichelscher.

Of the many nowlegendary artists to emerge from the krautrock movement, few anticipated the rise of modern electronic music with the same prescience as popol vuh the first german band to employ a moog synthesizer, their work not only anticipated the emergence of ambient, but also proved pioneering in its absorption of worldbeat textures. Together with his friend werner herzog, fricke was inspired by the holy book popol vuh of the quiche mayan indians. Affenstunde hour of the monkey is the first album by german band popol vuh. It is said that florian fricke referred to the book into which the sutra of mayas is. Download the popol vuh in full text here, english pdf ebook. Popol vuh, maya document, an invaluable source of knowledge of ancient mayan mythology and culture. Written in kiche a mayan language by a mayan author or authors between 1554 and 1558, it uses the latin alphabet with spanish orthography. Formed in 1969, german kosmische band popol vuh were inarguably the brainchild of musician florian fricke. Only 500 copies were produced so i phoned up their shop in barcelona and locked in my order.

And maybe most krautrock fans know her from performing kyrie together with popol vuh on german tv one of the few rare bits of popol vuh footage that survived. At much the same time popol vuh was formed in munich. The lyrics, by the way in german, natch, are based on the song of solomon and sung by djong yun who graced several popol vuh works. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts. From 1959 till 1963 he studied music in munich, where he was a pupil of rudolph hindemith paul hindemiths brother. Popol vuh was founded by mastermind florian fricke in munich in 1970 and are known as pioneers of electronic music as well as the predecessors of the 90s ambient and trance genre.

The title popol vuh translates book of the community, book of counsel and has been mentioned as the bible of the mayans. Jan 05, 2018 in the quiche language popol vuh translates as. The 2004 german spv edition features one previously unreleased bonus track. This book helped fricke to understand other holy books, as he stated in an early interview, demonstrating his search for the essence of religion. A new lineup, centered around the angelic wails of korean soprano djong yun, recorded hosianna mantra pilz, january 1973 in a buddhist meditative tone, showing a solemn and elegant.

I had wanted to amass this collection on vinyl but that proved to be too expensive. Popol vuh were a german musical collective founded by keyboardist florian fricke in 1969 together with holger trulzsch percussion, frank fiedler recording engineer and bettina fricke tablas and production. And apart from daniel fichelschers electric guitar leads he of amon duul ii which are sometimes spidery and doubletracked, its completely acoustic. Because of the limited amount of popol vuh music contained within, i would say this album is really for popol vuh completists only, and i personally never considered it to be a true popol vuh album.

Jul 26, 2010 popol vuh describes the mayans creation myth, its epic tales of the hero twins hunahpu and xbalanque and other spectacular stories. The popol vuh is considered sacred by modern maya and is a priceless resource for understanding. In 1972 florian fricke converted to both christianity and hinduism, and decided to move even further away from electronic instruments, preferring the most humble acoustic instruments over hightech devices. The definitive edition of the mayan book of the dawn of life and the glories of gods and kings. Theres also uncredited oboe and violin on the album, presumably the work of hosianna mantraera popol vuh players.

Djong yun, florian fricke and daniel fichelscher by gary bearman part 3 of 4 nosferatu 1978 yet another herzog soundtrack, nosferatu is the result of herzog asking if fricke had any darker music available, music that perhaps was a bit more scary or ominous. With a guest appearance by olaf kubler on flute on wurfelspiel. She appears with popol vuh on the following releases. Florian fricke in 1969 by gary bearman part 1 of 4 october 2008 my introduction to popol vuh was through a 1988 article in a short lived uk magazine called strange things are happening. Popol vuh 1972 quiche maya full album video dailymotion. Hosianna mantra encompasses a series of gracefully understated chants. Florian fricke piano, spinet, danny fichelscher electric guitar, 12string guitar, percussion and djong yun vocals. With pastel piano textures, spacious melodies from guitar and violin, and the angelic vocals of djong yun, popol vuh distills the sublime nature of christian liturgical music from the dogma normally associated with it. Djong yun du sollst lieben ave maria the krautrock. The transcendent music of popol vuh perfect sound forever. It still carries the same instrumentation as side one.