Aguirre is a music studio album recording by popol vuh krautrockprogressive rock released in 1975 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. The album saw the band blend elements of western classical music, asian music, and space rock. The popol vuh mayan creation stories animated secret. 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. The first album, affenstunde, released in 1970, can be regarded as one of the earliest ambient music, space music or electronica music works, featuring the then new sounds of the moog synthesizer. This was to be the first album of a mystic trilogy devoted to holy books. The new album, enriched with the angelic voice of the korean soprano djong yun, creates a breathtaking, suggestive musical world of sound.
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. This album also featured a new lineup incorporating guitarist conny veit and korean soprano djong yun. The name popol vuh is usually translated as book of the council, but opinions differ 2. Hosianna mantra encompasses a series of gracefully understated chants. Popol vuh, maya document, an invaluable source of knowledge of ancient mayan mythology and culture. It contains stories of the cosmologies, origins, traditions, and spiritual history of the mayan people.
The popol vuh is the most important example of maya literature to have survived the spanish conquest. 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. Djong yun du sollst lieben ave maria the krautrock. In later years, florian fricke would regret singing on this album himself djong yun was temporarily unavailable. Pioneers of german krautrock music, popol vuh was the creature of florian fricke 19442001. Popol vuh is one among a very few full text books that exists from the mesoamericans cultures. Download the popol vuh in full text here, english pdf ebook. Plus dinformations sur ce vendeur contacter le vendeur 20. 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. 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 describes the mayans creation myth, its epic tales of the hero twins hunahpu and xbalanque and other spectacular stories. Frickes voice is actually quite pleasant, adding a unique flavor to popol vuh that we wouldnt hear again for awhile. From 1959 till 1963 he studied music in munich, where he was a pupil of rudolph hindemith paul hindemiths brother. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts.
It is also one of the worlds great creation accounts, comparable to the beauty and power of genesis. The story is written in mythological form and contains one of the deepest and most complete cosmogonies of the worlds literature. Popol vuh was paired down to the trio of fricke, fichelscher guitar and drums and yun for the two following albums. 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. It was originally released in 1972 on the german record label pilz. The band took its name from the popol vuh, a manuscript containing the mythology of the postclassic quiche maya kingdom of highland guatemala. And then djong yun, how did she come into the picture. Amon duul iis drummer and guitarist daniel fischelscher joined popol vuh for seligpreisung pilz, september 1973, which features again eliscu, veit and wiese. The work is divided into a brief preamble and four books. Here, the line up consists of the everpresent florian fricke, with usual members daniel fichelscher and vocalist djong yun, in addition to sitar master al gromer khan who was a regular contributor to. Jun 25, 2015 by now, popul vuh had a female korean singer djong yun, the daughter of isang yun, a famous korean classical composer who had moved to munich.
Popol vuhs 90s period was stymied by the unheralded popularity of new age music and the inclusion of new collaborator guido hieronymus. 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. Her only solo output known is the single documented here. Popol vuh became a group at the end of sixties thanks to the figure of keyboards player florian fricke, also interested in the cinema with their first record, affenstunde, the group in that period it was just a trio with holger trulzsch on the percussion and frank. Teach your students to analyze literature like litcharts does. The lyrics, however, like in most popol vuh music, just sound like another instrument. Popol vuh were a german musical collective founded by keyboardist florian fricke in 1969 together with holger trulzsch, frank fiedler and bettina fricke. As good as those first two albums were, what came next was infinitely more satisfying.
Popol vuh, the quiche mayan book of creation, isnt only the most important text in the native languages of the americas, its also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. 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. Popol vuh has long been praised for their ability to blur the boundaries of time and space through a unique hybrid of ceremonial styles from around the world. With their first record, affenstunde, the group in that period it was just a trio with holger trulzsch on the percussion and frank fiedler at the sinthetizer was included among cosmic music of tangerine. Most previous translations have relied on spanish versions rather than the original kichemaya text. And apart from daniel fichelschers electric guitar leads he of amon duul ii which are sometimes spidery.
Creation stories of the maya animated, secret teachings the drawings which animate this film are taken directly from classic maya pottery. The essential popol vuh page 10 of 11 fact magazine. However, i find that most of affenstunde sounds like a composer andor group without any real direction or love for the music theyre creating. Its astonishing to think that german band popol vuhs album hosianna mantra is not far off half a century old. The band took its name from the mayan manuscript containing the. Other important members during the next two decades included djong yun, renate knaup, conny veit, daniel fichelscher, klaus wiese and robert eliscu. Its astonishing to think that german band popol vuh s album hosianna mantra is not far off half a century old. The popol vuh is the story of creation according to the quiche maya of the region known today as guatemala.
For the release, bandleader florian fricke abandoned electronic synthesizers and instead employed acoustic instruments such as piano, oboe, and. This mysterious music will transport you to another place. Popol vuh became a group at the end of sixties thanks to the figure of keyboards player florian fricke, also interested in the cinema. Buy popol vuhs album titled hosianna mantra to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to. She appears with popol vuh on the following releases. By now, popul vuh had a female korean singer djong yun, the daughter of isang yun, a famous korean classical composer who had. From 1959 till 1963 he studied music in munich, where he was a pupil of rudolph hindemith. Written in kiche a mayan language by a mayan author or authors between 1554 and 1558, it uses the latin alphabet with spanish orthography. East meets west, electric guitar meets a host of acoustic instruments and the soaring soprano voice of djong yun meets the mystical magic of popol vuh on this 1972 lp. The band took its name from the mayan manuscript containing the mythology of the quiche people of highland guatemala. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases. Popol vuh biography founded in munich, germany in 1969 disbanded in 2001 florians death florian fricke was born by lake constance in 1944. Djong yun is the korean female singer with popol vuh in the early to mid1970s. Primeperiod popol vuh 19721978 there are fans of krautrock, of psychedelia and space rock who only enjoy popol vuh s first two albums, but many, like myself, consider them to be more of a jumping off point.
Popol vuhs tantric songs and hosianna mantra are recognized as classics in the field of contemplative music. Frickes piano, conny veits guitar, as well as tracks with oboe and tamboura, are what gives this work of art an evocative power that unites it as sublime, ambient and prog rock fusion. Jul 26, 2010 popol vuh is one among a very few full text books that exists from the mesoamericans cultures. Affenstunde was the one i was most interested in because i normally like that 19691970 early electronic pink floydlike krautrock, especially the earliest tangerine dream recordings. Buy popol vuhs album titled hosianna mantra to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Instant downloads of all 1296 litchart pdfs including popol vuh. Only 500 copies were produced so i phoned up their shop in barcelona and locked in my order. The band took its name from the mayan manuscript containing the mythology of the quiche. Based on ten years of research by a leading scholar of maya. Popol vuh hosianna mantra 1982, gatefold, vinyl discogs.
Hosianna mantra is the third album by german band popol vuh. It certainly belong to the great works of world literature. The popol vuh is the sacred book of the quiche maya indians of southern guatemala, central america. Theres a story i like to tell about popol vuh from the days of eurocks initial incarnation as a fm radio program in central california. New age, electronic and ambient music enciclopedia translation. Hosianna mantra by popol vuh 4050538392296 cd barnes. The article was entitled deutsch nepal a fleeting dabble in german music 19671975.