Gamelan - Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Java (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

"Gamelan" is the first study of the music of Java and the development of the gamelan to take into account extensive historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism. An ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments that dates back to the twelfth century in Java, the gamelan as a musical organization and a genre of performance reflects a cultural heritage that is the product of centuries of interaction between Hindu, Islamic, European, Chinese, and Malay cultural forces.
Drawing on sources ranging from a twelfth-century royal poem to the writing of a twentieth-century nationalist, Sumarsam shows how the Indian-inspired contexts and ideology of the Javanese performing arts were first adjusted to the Sufi tradition and later shaped by European performance styles in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He then turns to accounts of gamelan theory and practice from the colonial and postcolonial periods. Finally, he presents his own theory of gamelan, stressing the relationship between purely vocal melodies and classical gamelan composition.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE
Release date:	December 1995
First published:	December 1995
Authors:	Sumarsam
Dimensions:	256 x 152 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-78011-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Non-Western music, traditional & classical Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Percussion instruments Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Music > Folk music Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Percussion instruments Books > Music > Non-Western music, traditional & classical Promotions
LSN:	0-226-78011-2
Barcode:	9780226780115

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