Week 1

 

Introduction to the course; Classical Music in Southeast Asia/Indonesia


Readings for Wednesday:

 

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)

 

Readings for Next Week:

 

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

 

Listening

 

Bubaran "Kembang Pacar"

 

Ladrang "Wilujeng"

 

Playon "Lasem," 1 & 2

 

Additional Readings

 

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.