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Music in Central Java
Benjamin Brinner
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Description for Music in Central Java
Paperback. Introducing cultural and social processes and the values of music in Javanese life, this 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. The author provides a survey of other music that may be found in Central Java. Series: Global Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVGH; AVGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Global Music
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195147377
SKU
V9780195147377
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Reviews for Music in Central Java
"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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more