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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021
Volume XII, 2020

Southeast Asian Musical Heritages in Contemporary Composition
• The paper should be submitted to the Editorial Board in three copies
and an electronic file as a text file (e.g. doc). Narongrit Dhamabutra 1
• Figures should be numbered and stored in separate files with legends

Abstract included in the main text file.
• Either English or American spelling can be used but should be
The twenty-first century marked a change in contemporary composition
consistent for the entire article.
in which many composers of Southeast Asian origin have sought to integrate
Article Structure
more cultural elements with the goal of presenting musical cultures of the
Each article should contain the following :
region. The paper aims to clarify and demonstrate how Southeast Asian cultures
• Title
can be transformed into musical elements of the composition including history,
• Short title for page headings
religion, folklore and symbol, geographic monument, and ceremonial dance
• Authors and their affiliations
and theatrical arts. It also provides possible methods in integrating cultural
• A concise abstract (not more than 300 words)
elements into the composition using instrumental techniques. Methodology of
• Key words
• Main text divided into sections e.g. Introduction, Materials and
the research derived from the analysis of composers’ life-long experiment in
Methods, Results and Conclusion
cross-cultural compositions that were incorporated with cultural elements of
• References (of all articles cited in the text)
Southeast Asian and Western musical elements as well as multi-cultural
elements from countries of Southeast Asia. The result demonstrates the
• Table and Figure captions (numbered in sequence as they appear in
the text)
handling of tuning differences, texture differences, rhythmic patterns, inflection
Abstract
of traditional pitch, poetic structure, imitation of traditional instruments,
The abstract should be concise and informative, not more than 300 words.
ensembles, voice, and melodies.
It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main
results and conclusions.
Keywords: Southeast Asian music, ASEAN music, contemporary composition,
cross-cultural composition, interculturalism
Ethical Guidelines
Experimental investigation papers must state in the Materials and
Methods section that
1) informed consent was obtained from all adult participants and from
Introduction
parents or legal guardians of minors, including the name of the appropriate
institutional review board having approved the project;
Before the second half of the twentieth century, the music of Southeast Asia
2) the maintenance and care of experimental animals comply with the

only reached western composition in the forms of orientalism and exoticism. No
Thai National Institute of Health Guidelines for the humane use of laboratory
western composers were educated with knowledge of Southeast Asian music.
animals or the equivalent country authority or agency;
Music transcription of Siamese songs done by the seventeenth century French
3) approval is obtained from the relevant ethical committee.
missionaries were proven to be inaccurate in all musical details of pitches, duration,

1 Narongrit Dhamabutra, Associate Fellow, The Royal Society of Thailand, “National Artist (music). 2021
(B.E. 2564), Prof. Dr., Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University

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