Focus on Indonesian gamelan music
By: Henry Spiller.
Contributors: Spiller, Henry.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Focus on world music
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780415960670; 9780415960687; 9780203930991
Subjects: Gamelan music -- History and criticism; Music -- Indonesia -- History and criticism; Music -- Southeast Asia -- History and criticism
Description: This is an introduction to the familiar music of Indonesia - both as sounds and cultural phenomena. It examines the meaning and significance of traditional Indonesian musical expressions and explores the agricultural roots of modern day dangdut dancing.
Notes: Previous ed.: Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2004, under title: Gamelan.