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This work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism.

Gamelan

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/12/1995
      ISBN13: 9780226780115, 978-0226780115
      ISBN10: 0226780112

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism.

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