Other important members during the next two decades included djong yun. 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. At much the same time popol vuh was formed in munich. In fact, the name popol vuh itself comes from an ancient mayan text containing mythological narratives and the story of creation. Theres also uncredited oboe and violin on the album, presumably the work of hosianna mantraera popol vuh players. 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. 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. 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. 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. Julian cope presents head heritage the book of seth popol vuh. The title popol vuh translates book of the community, book of counsel and has been mentioned as the bible of the mayans. The first album of gila however was released one year later on basf.
And apart from daniel fichelschers electric guitar leads he of amon duul ii which are sometimes spidery and doubletracked, its completely acoustic. Named after the holy book of guatemalas kiche people, and inspired by mozart, early. Not only was this popol vuhs 1974 personnel lineup but djong yun is nowhere to be heard on this entirely instrumental album. Popol vuh is one among a very few full text books that exists from the mesoamericans cultures. Jan 05, 2018 in the quiche language popol vuh translates as. 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. Her only solo output known is the single documented here.
Popol vuh were a german musical collective founded by keyboardist florian fricke in 1969 together with holger trulzsch, frank fiedler and bettina fricke. The popol vuh is the story of creation according to the quiche maya of the region known today as guatemala. It contains stories of the cosmologies, origins, traditions, and spiritual history of the mayan people. Popol vuh biography founded in munich, germany in 1969 disbanded in 2001 florians death florian fricke was born by lake constance in 1944. Most of the maya books were destroyed by zealous priests during the colonial era. 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.
Download the popol vuh in full text here, english pdf ebook. Find popol vuh biography and history on allmusic of the many legendary artists to. 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. By reading the old mayan book popol vuh you must have gotten the idea of the. 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.
Pioneers of german krautrock music, popol vuh was the creature of florian fricke 19442001. It still carries the same instrumentation as side one. 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. Did you, conny veit and djong yun ever perform as a band, publicly. Popol vuh the werner herzog soundtracks 2010, cd discogs. It chronicles the creation of humankind, the actions of. The first album without djong yuns vocals, its a purely instrumental affair. Originally released in 1970 in germany by liberty records, it has been reissued several times by various international labels. The lineup is fricke, fichelscher, knaup, yun, gromer, chris karrer on sax and susan goetting on oboe. 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. I had wanted to amass this collection on vinyl but that proved to be too expensive. Hosianna mantra by popol vuh 4050538392296 cd barnes.
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 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. Goodreads members who liked the popol vuh also liked. Books similar to the popol vuh meet your next favorite book. 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. Popol vuh, maya document, an invaluable source of knowledge of ancient mayan mythology and culture. 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. Affenstunde hour of the monkey is the first album by german band popol vuh. He tapped korean soprano djong yun to lend vocals to 1972s lovely. 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. Jul 26, 2010 popol vuh describes the mayans creation myth, its epic tales of the hero twins hunahpu and xbalanque and other spectacular stories. Other important members during the next two decades included djong yun, renate knaup, conny veit, daniel fichelscher, klaus wiese and robert eliscu.
Book of the community, book of counsel, or more literally as book of the people. Formed in 1969, german kosmische band popol vuh were inarguably the brainchild of musician florian fricke. Together with his friend werner herzog, fricke was inspired by the holy book popol vuh of the quiche mayan indians. Hosianna mantra is a music studio album recording by popol vuh. The transcendent music of popol vuh perfect sound forever. The work is divided into a brief preamble and four books. The definitive edition of the mayan book of the dawn of life and the glories of gods and kings. The popol vuh is a sacred maya text which narrates the maya creation myths and describes the early maya dynasties. From 1959 till 1963 he studied music in munich, where he was a pupil of rudolph hindemith paul hindemiths.
Conny veit from stuttgart founded his band gila in 1969. Instant downloads of all 1296 litchart pdfs including popol vuh. 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. It is a notable early example of the moog synthesizer being used for the production and composition of original music. Djong yun du sollst lieben ave maria the krautrock. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts.
The 2004 german spv edition features one previously unreleased bonus track. By reading the old mayan book popol vuh you must have gotten the idea of. Djong yun is the korean female singer with popol vuh in the early to mid1970s. Dec 09, 20 as an added bonus, the album shipped with a 7. The popol vuh is considered sacred by modern maya and is a priceless resource for understanding. This book helped fricke to understand other holy books, as he stated in an early interview, demonstrating his search for the essence of religion. 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. Only 500 copies were produced so i phoned up their shop in barcelona and locked in my order.
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. Fricke named the band after the mayan book of the people, and used a love of. 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. Other important members during the next two decades included djong yun, renate knaup, conny veit, daniel fichelscher, klaus wiese and robert. With a guest appearance by olaf kubler on flute on wurfelspiel. It is said that florian fricke referred to the book into which the sutra of mayas is. The band took its name from the mayan manuscript containing the mythology of the quiche. Hosianna mantra encompasses a series of gracefully understated chants. 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. She appears with popol vuh on the following releases. Written in kiche a mayan language by a mayan author or authors between 1554 and 1558, it uses the latin alphabet with spanish orthography. Teach your students to analyze literature like litcharts does. From 1959 till 1963 he studied music in munich, where he was a pupil of rudolph hindemith paul hindemiths brother.
Popol vuh was paired down to the trio of fricke, fichelscher guitar and drums and yun for the two following albums. 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. Since fricke died in 2001, things have got little better and the popol vuh. 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. Popol vuh 1972 quiche maya full album video dailymotion. Find books like the popol vuh from the worlds largest community of readers. The sacred music of popol vuh archie patterson medium.
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