10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAMELAN»
Discover the use of
gamelan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gamelan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in ...
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.
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Gamelan: The Traditional Sounds of Indonesia
A gentle introduction to the familiar music from Southeast Asia's largest country-both as sound and cultural phenomenon.
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Traditions of
Gamelan Music in Java: Musical Pluralism and ...
This book is a wide-ranging study of the varieties of gamelan music in contemporary Java seen from a regional perspective.
Richard Anderson Sutton, 1991
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Focus:
Gamelan Music of Indonesia
One means for accomplishing this was to appropriate the symbols of the divine
right to rule, including gamelan ensembles. The people of Cirebon believe that
the traditional arts were created by the nine saints; for this reason the traditional
arts ...
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Javanese
gamelan: traditional orchestra of Indonesia
This new edition contains newly taken, much improved photographs as well as the line drawings from the first.
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Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music
The most ambitious work on gamelan since Colin McPhee's classic Music in Bali, this book will interest musicians of all kinds and anyone interested in the art and culture of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Bali.
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A
gamelan manual: a player's guide to the central Javanese ...
A Gamelan Manual is a comprehensive description of the performance practice of the central Javanese gamelan.
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Javanese
Gamelan and the West
In the second part of the book, Sumarsam turns to the presentation and representation of gamelan in the West, exploring cross-cultural perspectives on gamelan theory and discussing the presence of gamelan in Western World's Fairs and ...
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Unplayed Melodies: Javanese
Gamelan and the Genesis of Music ...
The nature of that melody, however, is puzzling. In this book, Marc Perlman uses this puzzle as a key to both the art of the gamelan and the nature of musical knowledge in general.
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Knowing Music, Making Music: Javanese
Gamelan and the Theory ...
Much more than a portrait of artists making music together, this book brings together a variety of cognitive approaches and a wide range of examples from many cultures to suggest ways of integrating our knowledge of music making both in ...
Benjamin Elon Brinner, 1995
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAMELAN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gamelan is used in the context of the following news items.
The House that should be saved | New Straits Times | Malaysia …
The Istana Kolam, residence of Sultan Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah and the birthplace of the Terengganu joget and the gamelan, is now bits of ... «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
Beach Bliss: Tour The New Ritz-Carlton Bali
Musicians play the soothing sounds of the gamelan (a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone) as a jasmine-scented breeze fills the air. «Forbes, Jul 15»
Discover Bali: Expensive coffee and other travel musts
Plus the chance to interact with traditional Balinese music ensembles, known as the Gamelan, and their instruments. Gamelan Orchestra in Bali. «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
The Life and Times of a Female Rock Critic
(A version of this song appears later on, a version which is totally chardonnay and mystic gamelan flutes and angelic production, in comparison ... «Chicago Tonight | WTTW, Jul 15»
Mountain Mediation Services to offer beach trip in annual raffle
Included are an afternoon sailing adventure for four, music performed by an Indonesian Gamelan Ensemble for the winner's outdoor party and ... «The Sylva Herald, Jul 15»
2015 OzAsia Festival to Open 24 September
The performances are accompanied by gamelan live on stage. Enjoy the magic. 26 September, Dunstan Playhouse. Don't miss the Australian ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
The Cultural Arts Coalition presents, “Impressionist and Abstract …
His inspirations included the French painter Jean-Honore Fragonard as well as Javanese Gamelan music. The trio is scored for violin, piano ... «HamletHub, Jul 15»
July 3-4: WorldOne Festival, fireworks and more
WorldOne Festival: The 17th annual WorldOne Festival features performances by the Caribbean All-Stars, Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Rust Duet and ... «San Francisco Examiner, Jul 15»
New Hong Kong string quartet shines in eclectic show
The dry acoustics of the hall did not help the pizzicato passage imitating the Javanese gamelan sound in the second movement, but the melody ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
Adam Shatz remembers Ornette Coleman
While Philip Glass backpacked through India, and Steve Reich studied West African drumming and Balinese gamelan, Coleman travelled in 1972 to Morocco, ... «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
