Readings & Downloads

 

Indonesian Music

 

Henry Spiller, "Music and Southeast Asia History," pp. 1–16, and "Music in Java and Bali," pp. 49–67, from Gamelan: The Traditional Sounds of Indonesia (ABC-Clio, 2004)

 

The Javanese Gamelan: Required Readings


R. Anderson Sutton, "Asia/Music of Indonesia," from Worlds of Music,: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, 5th ed., edit. Jeff Todd Titon (New York, Schemer, 2009), pp. 213–231.

 

Benjamin Brinner, Music in central Java : experiencing music, expressing culture (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), Chapter 2, A Sense of Time, Chapter 3, Gamelan, Tuning, and Instrumental Melody, Chapter 4, Songs, Singers, and Gamelan, pp. 25–87.

 

Chart for Bubaran Kembang Pacar

 

Additional Readings

 

Henry Spiller on SambaSunda

 

Sumarsam's Introduction to Javanese Gamelan (Wesleyan)

R. Anderson Sutton, "Central and East Java," Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Southeast Asia, edit. Terry E. Miller and Sean Williams (Routledge, 1998), pp. 630–85.

 

Marc Perlman, "A Brief Introduction to Karawitan," from Unplayed melodies: Javanese gamelan and the genesis of music theory (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004), pp. 37–60.

 

R. Anderson Sutton and Roger R. Vetter, "Flexing the Frame in Javanese Gamelan Music: Playfulness in a Performance of Ladran Pangkur," in Analytical and Cross-Cultural Studies in World Music, edit. Michael Tenzer and John Roeder (Oxford University Press, 2006 ), pp. 237–72.

 

The Balinese Gamelan: Required Readings

 

Michael Tenzer, Balinese Gamelan Music (Tuttle Pub., 2011), Chapters 1–7, pp. 13–124.

 

Chart for Baris

Chart for Jaya Semara

Transcription for Pengacet Lasem

 

Additional Readings

 

Michael Tenzer, "Theory and Analysis of Melody in Balinese Gamelan," In Theory Only 6:2 (2000)

 

Bakan, Michael, "Indonesian Gamelan Music: Interlocking Rhythms and Interlocking Worlds," in World Music: Traditions and Transformations, 2nd ed., edited by Michael Bakan (McGraw-Hill, 2012), pp. 85–114.

Bakan, Michael, "Lessons from a World: Balinese Applied Music Instruction and the Teaching of Western "Art" Music," College Music Symposium 33/34 (1993/1994): 1–22.

 

"Two Lelambatan," Excerpt from "Integrating Music: Personal and Global Transformations", in Analytical and Cross-Cultural Studies in World Music, ed. Michael Tenzer and John Roeder (Oxford University Press, 2011)

 

Michael Tenzer, "Oleg Tumulilingan: Layers of Time and Melody in Balinese Music," in Analytical and Cross-Cultural Studies in World Music, edit. Michael Tenzer and John Roeder (Oxford University Press, 2006 ), pp. 205–36.

 

Indian Classical Music

 

Introduction to pitch names and structure in Indian music

 

The Carnatic Tradition: Required Reading

 

David B. Reck, "India/South India" in Worlds of Music. 5th edition, Jeff Todd Titon, ed. (New York: Schirmer Books, 2009), pp. 179–87, 191–208.

 

Kassebaum, Gayathri Rajapur, "Karnatak Raga" in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent. Alison Arnold, ed. (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 2000), pp. 89–109.

 

Notes on Carnatic Ragas

Notes on Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi

Melakarta raga chart

 

Listening chart for Ninnadanela

Analysis of Sara sasamadana

 

Guide to Ragam Bhairavi

 

Additional Readings

 

Table of Contents for The Raga Guide, Nimbus

 

David Paul Nelson, "Karnatak Tala, " in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 138–61.

 

Amy Catlin, "Karnatak Vocal and Instrumental Music," in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 209–36.

 

Melakarta chart

 

David P. Nelson, Solkattu Manual: An Introduction to the Rhythmic Language of South Indian Music (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2008)

 

The Hindustani Tradition: Required Reading

 

Michael Bakan, "From Raga to Bollywood, " in World Music: Traditions and Transformations, 2nd ed., edited by Michael Bakan (McGraw-Hill, 2012), pp. 115–42.

Ruckert, George and Richard Widdness, "The Classical Tradtion,""What is a Raga?," "Theoretical Terms and Concepts in the Hindustani Raga Tradition," and "Extramusical Associations of Ragas" in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 62–88.

 

Outline of Hindustani music

"Yaman," from Rao Suvarnata, Wim van der Meer and Jane Harvey, The Raga Guide: A survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas Joep Bor, ed. Wyastone Leys (Monmouth, UK: Nimbus
Records, 1999)

 

Guide to Rag Yaman

"Alhaiya bilavial," from The Raga Guide

 

"Bhairavi," from The Raga Guide

 

"Yaman," from The Raga Guide

 

Liner notes for Ustad Imrat Khan, performance of Miyan Ki Todi

 

"Miyan Ki Todi," from The Raga Guide

 

Additional Readings

 

Glossary of Hindustani terms

 

"Shuddh Kalyan," from The Raga Guide

 

"Miyan Ki Malhar" from The Raga Guide

 

Liner notes for Paar Karo Kartar

 

James R. Kippen, "Hindustani Tala," in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 110–37.

 

Bonnie Wade, "Hindustani Vocal Music, " in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 162–87.

Stephen Slawek, "Hindustani Instrumental Music, " in South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent, pp. 188–208.

 

The Raga Guide, pp. 1–26.

 

The Raga Guide, pp. 198–211. (notes on 1–26)

 

Gerry Farrell, "Indian Music and Jazz: Reflections of Form" from Indian Music and the West (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 188–200.