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Music in Central Java
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Benjamin Elon Brinner
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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This volume describes the adventures of two central characters - John, an American student who travels to Java, and Joko, a Javanese musician. Their adventures
Listening to an Earlier Java
Language: en
Pages: 195
Authors: Sarah Weiss
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-01 - Publisher: BRILL

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In "old-style" Central Javanese wayang, still known to many shadow-puppet performers and musicians in Java today, the male dhalang and his primary accompanist,
Gamelan
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Sumarsam
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-12-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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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 t
Unplayed Melodies
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Marc Perlman
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-10-25 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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A long awaited study of musical structure and music cognition, using Javanese gamelan and western classical music as the main points of comparison.
Sounding Out the State of Indonesian Music
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors: Andrew McGraw
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-10-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Sounding Out the State of Indonesian Music showcases the breadth and complexity of the music of Indonesia. By bringing together chapters on the merging of Batak