Mao Sareth

Mao Sareth
Background information
Native name ម៉ៅ សារ៉េត
Born (1944-01-01)January 1, 1944
Battambang, Cambodia
Genres traditional Khmer, romvong, saravan, film
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1950s–1970
Labels Wat Phnom Production
Associated acts Sin Sisamouth, Norodom Sihanouk

Mao Sareth (ម៉ៅ សារ៉េត) was a Cambodian musician[1] producing work from 1950-1970's.[2] Mao was born in 1944 in the Battambang District that is currently Thmar Kol. Her birth name was Pol Sarann. Her work is influenced from western music blended with Khmer instrumentation. She has performed with Sin Sisamouth in the Sangkum Reastr Niyum Regime. Along with most of the popular music singers of the era, she was killed by the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian Civil War.[3]

Her work influenced Ros Sereysothea and a generation of Cambodian musicians before Khmer Rouge era of the late 1970s.

Personal life

During an interview with Huy Meas, Mao Sareth stated that she had three sisters and that she comes from a family of musicians. In her free time she liked to read romantic novels.[4]

Work

Mao Sareth recorded approximately 300 songs, including:

References

  1. ↑ Leng, Mali (April 2008). "កម្មវិធីវប្បធម៌ នៅក្នុងរបប កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ (៧៣គ)". Radio Free America. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Mamula, Stephen (2008). "Starting from Nowhere? Popular Music in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge". Asian Music (University of Texas Press) 39 (1): 26–41. doi:10.1353/amu.2007.0044. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Streed, Sarah (2002). Leaving the House of Ghosts: Cambodian Refugees in the American Midwest. McFarland. p. 16. ISBN 9780786481934. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Panhavuth, POK (February 3, 2015). "Mao Sareth". Dynamic Khmer. Dynamic Khmer. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mao Sareth - Sayonara". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  6. 1 2 "Mao-Sareth - Nuit De Lomphat (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
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