Gamelan
Subtitle: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Java (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 15, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780226780115
Subjects: Cultural studies; Folk music; Non-Western music: traditional & "classical"; Percussion instruments; Social Science; Sociology; Indonesia; General; Genres & Styles - International; History & Criticism - General; Social Science / General; Gamelan; History and criticism; Java; Music
First sentence: It is commonly held that the influence of Hindu culture in Indonesia at the beginning of the Christian era stimulated the development of Javanese culture.