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The Mongolian long song folk music tradition has ties to other national traditions and customs, including Mongolian history, culture, aesthetics, ethics and philosophy. The main feature of the long song is the shuranhai (prolonged, tenuto notes with deeply modulated vibrato on the vowels ).
A story from Khutulun's life is featured in Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Turandot. In the late 14th century, the Mongol Qaghan Elbeg made a fatal mistake. He killed his blood brother in order to marry his wife, Oljei the Beauty, and ignored the Mongol tradition that a man is forbidden to forcefully take a woman in marriage.
Firstly, when Genghis Khan first united Mongolia (13th century), many different tribes were brought together, and this allowed sharing of music that had not happened before. The song "Ertnii Saikhan" was a popular song at weddings and imperial meetings, and the song "Oyunt Khuu" was a popular song. [5]
In 1924, Mongolian women were able to vote and potentially be elected as President. The Women's Federation was also founded which was funded by the state itself allowing more women to become more active participants in the political system. [5] Despite women's active participation in politics, there are few women at the top. [8]
Ulemjiin Chanar (in Mongolian: Үлэмжийн чанар, meaning "quality of greatness") is a Mongolian folk song composed by Danzanravjaa at his meditation center in the Gobi Desert. The song praises the beauty of a Mongolian woman and is one of the most well known and popular folk songs in Mongolia.
Batmönkhiin Sarantuyaa (Mongolian: Батмөнхийн Сарантуяа; born 20 April 1970), known mononymously as Sarantuya or simply Saraa, is a Mongolian mezzo-soprano singer who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of the Mongol people since the late 1980s.
Among the most popular songs created by the members of Soyol Erdene during its merseybeat period in the early 1970s were "Setgeliin jigüür" (The wings of the Mood), "Zürhnii aizam" (Melody of the Heart), and "Uchraliin uyanga" (Melody of Love) by Zundari, Ankhnii khairiin duu (Song of the First Love) and Hüleelt (Waiting) by Jargalsaikhan.G, glam rock 6:45 (Six forty-five), Tursun udriin ...
After that she performed as a soloist singer with the Mongolian Theater of National Dance and Folksong and the Traditional Music and Dance Theater both in Mongolia and abroad. Khongorzul performs with the famous Silk Road Ensemble led by the cellist Yo Yo Ma .