Saw Mya Aye Kyi (Burmese: စောမြအေးကြည်, 1892 – 1962) was a Burmese musician who specialized in performing the collection of Burmese classical songs known as the Mahāgīta.[1][2] She was a royal mistress of Sir Sao Chel, Saopha of Hsipaw State.[3] She has been dubbed as the "mother of Mahāgīta". A bronze bust of Saw Mya Aye Kyi stands outside the National Theatre of Mandalay.[4]
Saw Mya Aye Kyi was born in Mandalay to Maung Maung Tin, a royal privy council officer, and Khin Phwar, the property custodian of the Princess of Saw Hla.[5] Her given name was Khin Sein Kyi. She was a descendant of the Prince of Swetawoak, a member of the Konbaung royal family.
Royal mistressEdit
Saw Mya Aye Kyi (middle) at Hsipaw Palace.
At the age of 12, Saw Mya Aye Kyi started learning traditional singing and dancing at Manusadda Shwedaung Kyaw Thu U Lugyi. A year later she went to the royal palace of Hsipaw to continue studying the Mahāgīta.[6] She married Sir Sao Chel, Saopha of Hsipaw, when she was 17.
Sir Sao Chel recognized her proficiency in various parts of the Mahāgīta by awarding her the title of Sao Oakka at the age of 20. This was followed at age 22 by the title of Siri Ukkațhavatī, awarded for the patpyoe "Moe Deva". She also composed the patpyoe "Lamin Thawda" (lit.'The Moon'). These were the last two songs to be included in the Mahāgīta.[4]
Saw Mya Aye Kyi left Hsipaw Palace in 1928 and accompanied Yagan U Tin to Yangon.[7] There she learned more traditional songs, eventually becoming regarded as the mother of the Mahāgīta.[8]
Later careerEdit
Bronze bust of Saw Mya Aye Kyi at the National Theatre of Mandalay.
Saw Mya Aye Kyi worked as a music teacher (pantya) until World War II, and tutored at the Yangon Music and Art School from 1953 to 1958. She was awarded the title of Alinkar Kyawswa by the government of Myanmar in 1952, honoring her contributions to the field of music.[6] In 1954 she became the only person in Myanmar to receive an honorary Bachelor of Arts in the field of fine arts from the University of Yangon.
She worked for the History Commission as a music research fellow in 1962, and as a member of the MRTVMahāgīta music scrutiny board. She also served as chairwoman of the Myanmar Musical Instrument Federation. She continued to teach the Mahāgīta until her death.[9]Tin Tin Mya was one of her students.[10]
DeathEdit
Saw Mya Aye Kyi died on February 10, 1968, in Yangon. Her hands and lips were gilded in accordance with tradition.[4]
ReferencesEdit
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^Doʻ.), Co Mra E. Kraññʻ (ʼA Laṅka Kyoʻ Cvā; Kyi (Daw), Sāw Myạ Ēi (1968). ဂီတနှင့်အက (in Burmese). စာပေဗိမာန်.
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^အာဇာနည်ခေါင်းဆောင်ကြီး ဒီးဒုတ်ဦးဗချိုအတ္ထုပ္ပတ္တိ (in Burmese). ခေတ်မှီစာပေတိုက်. 1976.
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^"မြို့စားရွာစားရတဲ့ မြန်မာစာဆိုမယ်များ". BBC News (in Burmese). 18 June 2019.
^"သံညှင်း၊ သံသာ၊ သံဝါ၊ ချိူအေး - တင်တင်မြ (အပိုင်း ၁)". Kamayut Media (in Burmese). 2019-05-10.
October 21, 2023
burmese, 1892, 1962, burmese, musician, specialized, performing, collection, burmese, classical, songs, known, mahāgīta, royal, mistress, chel, saopha, hsipaw, state, been, dubbed, mother, mahāgīta, bronze, bust, stands, outside, national, theatre, mandalay, a. Saw Mya Aye Kyi Burmese စ မ အ က ည 1892 1962 was a Burmese musician who specialized in performing the collection of Burmese classical songs known as the Mahagita 1 2 She was a royal mistress of Sir Sao Chel Saopha of Hsipaw State 3 She has been dubbed as the mother of Mahagita A bronze bust of Saw Mya Aye Kyi stands outside the National Theatre of Mandalay 4 Alinkar KyawswaSaw Mya Aye Kyiစ မ အ က ည Saw Mya Aye Kyi as royal mistressBornKhin Sein Kyi 1892 03 00 March 1892Mandalay British BurmaDied10 February 1968 1968 02 10 aged 75 Yangon MyanmarOccupationMusicianSpouse s Sir Sao ChelYagan U TinParent s Maung Maung Tin Khin PhwarAwardsAlinkar Kyawswa 1952 Honorary Bachelor of Arts 1954 Sao Oakka Sri Ukkațh VatiMusical careerGenresMahagitaInstrument s Vocals Burmese harpYears active1904 1968 Contents 1 Early life 2 Royal mistress 3 Later career 4 Death 5 ReferencesEarly life EditSaw Mya Aye Kyi was born in Mandalay to Maung Maung Tin a royal privy council officer and Khin Phwar the property custodian of the Princess of Saw Hla 5 Her given name was Khin Sein Kyi She was a descendant of the Prince of Swetawoak a member of the Konbaung royal family Royal mistress Edit nbsp Saw Mya Aye Kyi middle at Hsipaw Palace At the age of 12 Saw Mya Aye Kyi started learning traditional singing and dancing at Manusadda Shwedaung Kyaw Thu U Lugyi A year later she went to the royal palace of Hsipaw to continue studying the Mahagita 6 She married Sir Sao Chel Saopha of Hsipaw when she was 17 Sir Sao Chel recognized her proficiency in various parts of the Mahagita by awarding her the title of Sao Oakka at the age of 20 This was followed at age 22 by the title of Siri Ukkațhavati awarded for the patpyoe Moe Deva She also composed the patpyoe Lamin Thawda lit The Moon These were the last two songs to be included in the Mahagita 4 Saw Mya Aye Kyi left Hsipaw Palace in 1928 and accompanied Yagan U Tin to Yangon 7 There she learned more traditional songs eventually becoming regarded as the mother of the Mahagita 8 Later career Edit nbsp Bronze bust of Saw Mya Aye Kyi at the National Theatre of Mandalay Saw Mya Aye Kyi worked as a music teacher pantya until World War II and tutored at the Yangon Music and Art School from 1953 to 1958 She was awarded the title of Alinkar Kyawswa by the government of Myanmar in 1952 honoring her contributions to the field of music 6 In 1954 she became the only person in Myanmar to receive an honorary Bachelor of Arts in the field of fine arts from the University of Yangon She worked for the History Commission as a music research fellow in 1962 and as a member of the MRTV Mahagita music scrutiny board She also served as chairwoman of the Myanmar Musical Instrument Federation She continued to teach the Mahagita until her death 9 Tin Tin Mya was one of her students 10 Death EditSaw Mya Aye Kyi died on February 10 1968 in Yangon Her hands and lips were gilded in accordance with tradition 4 References Edit kuiṅʻʺ Lha Rvhe Cacʻ 1994 မဟ ဂ တ in Burmese စ ပ ဗ မ န အလင က က စ ဒ စ မ အ က ည mdep moe edu mm Hsipaw Saopha who gave favour to Myanmar artistes Myanmar DigitalNews 11 July 2020 a b c မ ဒ ဝ န စ မ အ က ည အခ စ အတ က သ ခ င စပ သ BBC News in Burmese 20 June 2019 Doʻ Co Mra E Krannʻ ʼA Laṅka Kyoʻ Cva Kyi Daw Saw Myạ Ei 1968 ဂ တန င အက in Burmese စ ပ ဗ မ န a b ရ မညက က န င 1985 မ န မ စ င သ က င စရ န င တတ က င စရ in Burmese စ ပ ဗ မ န အ ဇ နည ခ င ဆ င က ဒ ဒ တ ဦ ဗခ အတ ထ ပ ပတ တ in Burmese ခ တ မ စ ပ တ က 1976 င တ ရ မဂ ဂဇင in Burmese uʺ Ei Moṅʻ November 1986 မ စ ရ စ ရတ မ န မ စ ဆ မယ မ BBC News in Burmese 18 June 2019 သ ည င သ သ သ ဝ ခ အ တင တင မ အပ င ၁ Kamayut Media in Burmese 2019 05 10 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saw Mya Aye Kyi amp oldid 1151766223, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
