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Soyol Erdene ( mn, Соёл Эрдэнэ, ) is the first rock band of
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Name

"Soyol Erdene" is the name of a melodious popular song of 1920s which the band played on an electric
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. The approximate meaning is "Cultural jewel".


History

The band was established in late 1971. The Minister of Culture of that time, famous novelist Ch. Lodoidamba called four young musicians and said: "England has a band
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of four young men. Why shouldn't we have a similar band?" The four young musicians, who had recently graduated from the School of Music and Dance in
Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...
(nowadays College of Music and Dance) as yatga (ятга) players, established a rock band. The members were Tserenbat (drums), Erdenekhuyag (guitar), Batsaikhan (guitar) and Naranbaatar (keyboard).S. Tuul. "Соёл-Эрдэнийн анхдагч буюу гурван Жагаагийн нэг", Newspaper Нийгмийн толь. 9 October 2009 Later members were Galsanbat (guitar-solo), Zundari (bass), Bayar (vocal), Damdinsuren (guitar), Jargalsaikhan (drums), Jargalsaikhan (guitar/vocal), B. Tsolmon (drums). Among the more recent members were D. Enkhbold (guitar-solo) and Kh. Bulgan (keyboard). Soyol Erdene also performed for female singers Rentsenkhand, Nandintsetseg, Dulamsuren, Uranchimeg, Nasantogtokh, and Ariunaa. During socialism, the band worked under the administration of the State
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which also supervised a
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and the jazz band Bayan Mongol. The first compositions of the band were Mongolian
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s in a rock style arrangement as well as songs written by the members of the band. They often used poems of famous Mongolian writers. The rock band was frequently criticized by the MPRP censorship for promotion of the Western musical style and Western fashion. Soyol Erdene won the gold medal at the 10th
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in 1973. Soyol Erdene's only full album, Soyol Erdene, was re-released in 2019 by the Everland Music Group.


Repertoire

Among the most popular songs created by the members of Soyol Erdene during its
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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,
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6:45 (Six forty-five), Tursun udriin duu (''Happy Birthday's song''), 18 nas mini namaig buu orkhioch (''Don’t leave me, my childhood''), Burged (''The Eagle''), rock
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Chinggis khaan by Jargalsaikhan.D, The most popular rock interpretations of Mongolian folk songs were "Damdin" and "Tonjoo" (Western Mongolian folk song). Western Mongolian folklore fitted well with the rock arrangement. The most renowned instrumental compositions of Soyol Erdene were "Soyol Erdene", "Sansriin khölög" (''Spaceship'' composed by Baatarsukh.S 1969), Tsenkher zalaa (a yatga solo that became a jingle for weather forecasts composed by Baatarsukh.S 1969) and "Ankhnii tsas" (''The First Snow'') by Naranbaatar, rock
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"Bid" (''We are'') by Jargalsaikhan.D


See also

* Music of Mongolia


References


External links

* http://www.myspace.com/soyolerdene * http://www.imeem.com/sak8888/music/Td4NSZvk/soyol-erdene-naranbaatartsenher-zalaa/ Наранбаатар. Цэнхэр залаа (Melody Tsenher Zalaa by Naranbaatar) * http://www.asuultserver.com/mongolduu/search.php?angil=by_bandname&textfield_artist=ene&textfield_song= * https://www.discogs.com/artist/3728759-%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%91%D0%BB-%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%8D {{DEFAULTSORT:Soyol Erdene Mongolian rock music groups