Voices in Bali
Subtitle: energies and perceptions in vocal music and dance theater
By: Edward Herbst ; foreword by Judith Becker ; afterword by René T.A. Lysloff.
Series: Music/culture
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Folk music -- Indonesia -- Bali Island -- History and criticism.; Dance -- Indonesia -- Bali Island.; Theater -- Indonesia -- Bali Island.
Description: A scholar and trained performer of Balinese vocal music and dance, ethnomusicologist Edward Herbst brings unique talents to bear in this provocative book. The lessons of his Balinese masters enable him to offer fresh insight to this culture's aesthetics and cultural elements. Appropriating John Cage's effective style of "mixing theory, anecdote, context, philosophy, and humor," Herbst crafts an accessible body of work, compelling in substance and form. By merging the "Balinese concept of place-time-context with Cage's concepts of structure, method, and form, [Herbst] returns to the critical issue of what scholars and intercultural artists are doing, and 'what' is their 'object' under study." Undergraduates and scholars in fields as varied as theater studies and anthropology will find this book and companion CD (in print editions) an important resource not only for its knowledgeable treatment of Balinese culture, but as an example of a more personal and engaging style of scholarly discourse [Publisher description]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.
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