Title: A guide to the gamelan
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.
Subjects: Gamelan, Gamelan music, History and criticism, Music, Muziektheorie, Histoire et critique, Musique, Uitvoeringspraktijk, Music, javanese
Places: Indonesia, Java