
Music in Central Java
Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Benjamin Brinner(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 1. April 2007
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-19-514736-0 (ISBN)
Description
Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture, isone 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 witness accounts of performances, interviews with key performers, hands-on activities, vivid illustrations and a 70 minute CD of the author's field recordings.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
halftones and line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
328 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514736-0 (9780195147360)
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Benjamin Brinner | Bonnie C. Wade | Patricia Shehan Campbell
Music in Central Java
Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Book
04/2007
Oxford University Press Inc
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Persons
Author
Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Editor
, Chair in Music at the University of California, Berkeley
Donald E. Peterson Profesor of MusicDonald E. Peterson Profesor of Music, Univerisyt of Washington