Readings for Wednesday and next Monday:
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
Readings for next Wednesday:
Michael Tenzer, Balinese Gamelan Music (Tuttle Pub., 2011), Chapters 1–3, pp. 13–46.
Bubaran "Kembang Pacar"
Ladrang "Wilujeng"
Playon "Lasem," 1 & 2
Tracks 8–29 from Brinner, chapters 2–4
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.