SONG VALUE IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIS MAJESTY KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ THE GREAT

Abstract

This article aims to study the values found in songs in loving memory of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great in the aspects of King’s prosperous behavior and his royal duties. His Majesty the King the Great spent 70 years developing the nationwide Royal Projects and making Thai people’s lives better. The 127 songs have been collected from 1946 up to the present and the descriptive analysis makes through the contents and the social contexts from the songs which reflect King’s prosperous behavior and his royal duties and from the thoughts, beliefs and emotions of Thai people that the composers represent through their songs. Based on the concept, songs can make people emotionally stable and conscientious. The findings: there are 2 values: 1) The ethics values from the content are; giving, morality, sacrifice, honesty, gentleness, perseverance, forbearance, equity, kindness, loyalty, and gratefulness. 2) The aesthetics values are; appreciation, impression or touching, proudness, satisfaction happiness or complacence, enjoyment or delightfulness, sadness or melancholy and sympathy. Conclusion: Both the ethic and aesthetic values from the songs induce people to make the allegiance to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.