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One of the most admired qualities of Claude Debussy's music has
been its seemingly effortless evocation and assimilation of exotic
musical strains. He was the first great European composer to
discern the possibilities inherent in the gamelan, the ensemble
consisting mainly of tuned percussion instruments that originated
in Java. Echoes from the East: The Javanese Gamelan and its
Influence on the Music of Claude Debussy argues Debussy's encounter
with the gamelan in 1889 at the Paris Exposition Universelle had a
far more profound effect on his work and style than can be grasped
by simply looking for passages and pieces in his output that sound
"Asian" or "like a gamelan." Kiyoshi Tamagawa recounts Debussy's
individual experience with the music of Java and traces its echoes
through his entire compositional career. Echoes from the East adds
a commentary on the modern-day issue of cultural appropriation and
a survey of Debussy's contemporaries and successors who have also
attempted to merge the sounds of the gamelan with their own
distinctive musical styles.
One of the most admired qualities of Claude Debussy's music has
been its seemingly effortless evocation and assimilation of exotic
musical strains. He was the first great European composer to
discern the possibilities inherent in the gamelan, the ensemble
consisting mainly of tuned percussion instruments that originated
in Java. Echoes from the East: The Javanese Gamelan and its
Influence on the Music of Claude Debussy argues Debussy's encounter
with the gamelan in 1889 at the Paris Exposition Universelle had a
far more profound effect on his work and style than can be grasped
by simply looking for passages and pieces in his output that sound
"Asian" or "like a gamelan." Kiyoshi Tamagawa recounts Debussy's
individual experience with the music of Java and traces its echoes
through his entire compositional career. Echoes from the East adds
a commentary on the modern-day issue of cultural appropriation and
a survey of Debussy's contemporaries and successors who have also
attempted to merge the sounds of the gamelan with their own
distinctive musical styles.
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