Pranboon (Juangjan Chankana)

Pran Burap was a pioneering Thai composer who adapted traditional Thai vocal styles into a more cosmopolitan musical form for sung theatre, helping establish a Thai–Western hybrid musical tradition.

• Name / Pen name: Pran Burap (Juangchan Chanthakhana)
• Occupation: Thai composer
• Born: 29 March 2444 BE (29 March 1901)
• Died: 6 January 2519 BE (6 January 1976) — age 74

Significance and works

• He was the first to reform sung-theatre music by taking traditional Thai melodies with "luk-euan" ornamentation and making them more international/Western in style.
• He is often regarded as a pioneer of Western-influenced Thai music.
• Notable works: the sung dramas "Chan Chao Kha" and "Rosita."