A guide to the gamelan
By: Neil Sorrell.
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Gamelan; Gamelan music -- History and criticism; Music -- Indonesia -- Java -- History and criticism
Description: This book introduces the reader to the history, music and instruments specifically of the Central Javanese gamelan, although reference is also made to Balinese gamelan music. There is a detailed account of the ritualistic process by which a gamelan is made, while the book begins with an assessment of the influence of gamelan music on Western composers, from Debussy, to Benjamin Britten, to Steve Reich.
Notes: Discography: p. 137-139.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 136) and index.
"First published in 1990 by Faber and Faber Limited ... London"--T.p. verso.