Music in Central Java
Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Published on 26. April 2007
Book
Mixed media product
192 pages
978-0-19-514737-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Undergraduate courses in World Music
Illustrations
halftones and line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 146 mm
Width: 214 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514737-7 (9780195147377)
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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
€46.43
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Persons
Benjamin Brinner, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Bonnie C. Wade, Chair in Music at the University of California, Berkeley and Patricia Shehan Campbell, Donald E. Peterson Profesor of Music, Univerisyt of Washington
Bonnie C. Wade, Chair in Music at the University of California, Berkeley and Patricia Shehan Campbell, Donald E. Peterson Profesor of Music, Univerisyt of Washington
Content
Foreword: Preface: CD Track List: 1. First Hearings Introduction What Is a Gamelan? Gamelan Performance Contexts in Solo: Life Cycles and Musical Cycles Cyclicity and Coincidence Music in the Everyday Patronage and Sociopolitical Change Social Status, Language, and Interaction: Gamelan at the Radio Station: Similarities and Differences Categories and Cross-Cultural (Mis)Communication Conclusion: Three Themes Flexibility of Frameworks and Processes: Appropriateness: Interconnectedness: 2. A Sense of Time Making and Marking Musical Time: Gongs and Drums Cyclicity and Colotomic Function: Drumming Lancaran Drum Patterns Gongs, Drums, and the Flexibility of Time 3. Gamelan, Tuning, and Instrumental Melody Gamelan Tunings Tuning Systems: Slendro and Pelog Gamelan Instruments Instrumental Melody Melody and Elaboration Balungan, Peking, and Bonang "Landrang Asmaradana" 4. Songs, Singers, and Gamelan Social Aspects of Singing Poetry, Song, and Gamelan Conclusion 5. Melodic Elaboration and Training in the Arts Rebab, Gender, and Other Elaborating Instruments Cengkok, Variation, and the Transmission of Musical Knowledge 6. Shadows and Tales Wayang in Pangkah Village Javanese Shadow Plays The Stories and the Telling: The Main Elements Physical Setup: Plots and Plot Sources: Characters and Character Types: Language and Voice: Movement Patterns: Dramatic Structure: Schemata of Various Sizes: Conclusion 7. Music for Motion and Emotion-- Wayang Kulit "Brajadenta Balela" Wayang Repertoire Music for Expressing Emotion: Sulukan Music for Accompanying Motion: Gendhing Lampah Music for Setting a Scene: Gendhing Return to "Brajadenta Balela" Flexibility and Appropriateness Conventions and Innovations 8. Java and Beyond Pak Cokro Interconnectedness: Theater, Dance, and Music Educational Institutions Regionalism and the Dominance of Solonese Style Java and the Rest of Indonesia Java and the World Conclusion Glossary: References: Resources: Index: