Music at Angkor
A compilation of the imagery of musicians and musical instruments across bas-reliefs in Angkor Wat, Banteay Srei and the Bayon.
![Banteay Srey Musician Roger Blench](https://cdn.angkordatabase.asia/imager/images/links/music-at-angkor/6615/banteay-srey-musician-roger-blench_6c0c164bd2b597ee32b68b8b5755bd2e.jpg)
Published: 2009
Language : English
This interesting collection by ethnomusicologist Roger Blench illustrates the importance of music in Angkorian imagery.
Some 200 photographs are accessible on the site, without detailed captions. A few images capture contemporary musicians performing in the temples.
Photo: A musician on a Banteay Srei bas-relief (collection Roger Blench). The drum looks rather similar to the mridangam used in carnatic music:
![mridangam-krisha-krafts.jpg#asset:6616](https://cdn.angkordatabase.asia/libs/img/mridangam-krisha-krafts.jpg)
Tags: musical instruments, music, bas-reliefs, Angkor Wat, Bayon, Banteay Srei, musicology