Music in Central Java

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Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

AvBenjamin Brinner,Bonnie C. Wade

2007

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Beskrivning

Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture, is one of the case study volumes in the Global Music Series, edited by Bonnie Wade and Patricia Shenhan Campbell. This volume describes the adventures of two central characteres: John an American student who travels to Java and Joko, a Javanese musician. Their adventures and exploits lead them through Javanese society and as they travel they explore the variety and range of instruments and perormance styles through out central JAva. Flexibility, appropriateness and intergration are the three themes that drive Javanese musical culture, and this book pays particular attention to them as well as to Javanese musicians. While gamelan is the focus of the text, the author also provides a broad survey of the other types of music that may be found in Central Java. This book introduces cultural and social processes and the values of music in Javanese life. The text features eye witnessaccounts of performances, interviews with key performers, hands-on activities, vivid illustrations and a 70 minute CD of the author's field recordings.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-04-26
Höjd:214 x 146 x 9 mm
Vikt:240 g
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Global Music Series
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:OUP USA
EAN:9780195147377

Utforska kategorier

Klassisk musik, konstmusik och orkestermusik inom Kultur
Världsmusik inom Kultur

Recensioner i media

"In most respects, this is not [just] an introduction to Central Javanese gamelan; it is a thorough exploration of Central Java's music, musicians, structures, and contexts. As such, it is remarkable."--David Harnish, Bowling Green State University"In most respects, this is not [just] an introduction to Central Javanese gamelan; it is a thorough exploration of Central Java's music, musicians, structures, and contexts. As such, it is remarkable."--David Harnish, Bowling Green State University

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword: Preface: CD Track List: 1. First HearingsIntroductionWhat Is a Gamelan?Gamelan Performance Contexts in Solo: Life Cycles and Musical CyclesCyclicity and CoincidenceMusic in the EverydayPatronage and Sociopolitical ChangeSocial Status, Language, and Interaction: Gamelan at the Radio Station: Similarities and DifferencesCategories and Cross-Cultural (Mis)CommunicationConclusion: Three ThemesFlexibility of Frameworks and Processes: Appropriateness: Interconnectedness: 2. A Sense of TimeMaking and Marking Musical Time: Gongs and DrumsCyclicity and Colotomic Function: DrummingLancaran Drum PatternsGongs, Drums, and the Flexibility of Time3. Gamelan, Tuning, and Instrumental MelodyGamelan TuningsTuning Systems: Sléndro and PélogGamelan InstrumentsInstrumental MelodyMelody and ElaborationBalungan, Peking, and Bonang"Landrang Asmaradana"4. Songs, Singers, and GamelanSocial Aspects of SingingPoetry, Song, and GamelanConclusion5. Melodic Elaboration and Training in the ArtsRebab, Gendèr, and Other Elaborating InstrumentsCéngkok, Variation, and the Transmission of Musical Knowledge6. Shadows and TalesWayang in Pangkah VillageJavanese Shadow PlaysThe Stories and the Telling: The Main ElementsPhysical Setup: Plots and Plot Sources: Characters and Character Types: Language and Voice: Movement Patterns: Dramatic Structure: Schemata of Various Sizes: Conclusion7. Music for Motion and Emotion--Wayang Kulit"Brajadenta Balela"Wayang RepertoireMusic for Expressing Emotion: SulukanMusic for Accompanying Motion: Gendhing LampahMusic for Setting a Scene: GendhingReturn to "Brajadenta Balela"Flexibility and AppropriatenessConventions and Innovations8. Java and BeyondPak CokroInterconnectedness: Theater, Dance, and MusicEducational InstitutionsRegionalism and the Dominance of Solonese StyleJava and the Rest of IndonesiaJava and the WorldConclusionGlossary: References: Resources: Index: