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Calling Back the Spirit
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 302

Calling Back the Spirit

Calling Back the Spirit describes how, in the face of Indonesian and foreign cultural pressures, the Makassarese people of South Sulawesi are defending their local spirit through music and dance. The book examines the ways performers in this corner of Indonesia seek to empower local music and dance in a changing environment.

Traditions of Gamelan Music in Java
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 328

Traditions of Gamelan Music in Java

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1991-04-26
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  • Publisher: CUP Archive

This book is a wide-ranging study of the varieties of gamelan music in contemporary Java seen from a regional perspective. While the focus of most studies of Javanese music has been limited to the court-derived music of Surakarta and Yogyakarta, Sutton goes beyond them to consider also gamelan music of Banyumas, Semarang and east Java as separate regional traditions with distinctive repertoires, styles and techniques of performance and conceptions about music. Sutton's description of these traditions, illustrated with numerous musical examples in Javanese cipher notation, is based on extensive field experience in these areas and is informed by the criteria that Javanese musicians judge to be most important in distinguishing them.

Southeast Asian Islam
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 317

Southeast Asian Islam

This book explores Muslim communities in Southeast Asia and the integration of Islamic culture with the diverse ethnic cultures of the region, offering a look at the practice of cultural and religious coexistence in various realms. The volume traces the origins and processes of adoption, transmission, and adaptation of Islam by diverse ethnic communities such as the Malay, Acehnese, Javanese, Sundanese, the Bugis, Batak, Betawi, and Madurese communities, among others. It examines the integration of Islam within local politics, cultural networks, law, rituals, education, art, and architecture, which engendered unique regional Muslim identities. Additionally, the book illuminates distinctive e...

Balinese Discourses on Music and Modernization
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 398

Balinese Discourses on Music and Modernization

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-08-21
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  • Publisher: Routledge

While many Western scholars have discussed the technical aspects of Balinese music or the traditional contexts for performance, little has been written in Western languages about Balinese discourses on their music. This dissertation seeks to understand the experience of music in Bali according to Balinese voices through an analysis of oral and written dialogues on music, mainly by musicians and dalangs (shadow play puppeteers) from the village of Sukawati, scholars, teachers, administrators and students from the Indonesian College of the Arts (STSI) in the City of Denpasar. The study examines the influence of modernization on the traditional arts and their role in society. A concentration on Balinese discourses enables individual performers and scholars to represent themselves to a greater extent than previously seen in ethnomusicological scholarship, making this study more of a critical discussion among equals than a Western interpretation of 'others'. This approach permits a rare view into contemporary Balinese conceptions and practices of music.

Notes of Family History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 274

Notes of Family History

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1948
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  • Publisher: Unknown

James Anderson (b.1690) married Elizabeth Jermain, and immigrated from Scotland to Chester County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Iowa and elsewhere.

School of Music, Theatre & Dance (University of Michigan) Publications
  • Language: en

School of Music, Theatre & Dance (University of Michigan) Publications

Includes miscellaneous newsletters (Music at Michigan, Michigan Muse), bulletins, catalogs, programs, brochures, articles, calendars, histories, and posters.

Global Rhythm
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

Global Rhythm

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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NU Quarter Notes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 416

NU Quarter Notes

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1988
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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