Read:
Michael Tenzer, "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)
Mervyn Cooke, "Benjamin Britten and the Balinese gamelan," Indonesia Circle (1990)
For next week's discussion:
Leta E. Miller and Fredric Lieberman, "Lou Harrison and the American Gamelan," American Music 17/2 (1999), 146–78.
Henry Spiller, "Lou Harrison's Music for Western Instruments and Gamelan: Even More Western than it Sounds," Asian Music 40/1 (2009), 31–52.
Java:
Bubaran Kembang Pacar; Playon Lasem 1 & 2; Ladrang Wilujeng
Bali:
Baris Dance; excerpt from Pelayon; Pengecet Lasem; Sinti Lokarya; Lelambatan Tabuh Gari ; Kosalia Arini
Sundanese music:
Tonggeret
Debussy:
"Pagodes" from Estampes; L'Isle Joyeuse
Poulenc:
Concerto for Two Pianos, movement 1
Britten:
"The Pagodas" from the ballet Prince of the Pagodas
McPhee:
Tabuh-Tabuhan: Toccato for Orchestra; "Pemoengkah" from Balinese Ceremonial Music for two pianos
Lou Harrison:
Suite for Violin, Piano and small orchestra, III. First Gamelan
Concerto in Slendro, I
Varied Trio, I. Gending
Main Bersama-sama
In Honor of the Divine Mr. Handel
Class presentations
Extras:
An interview with Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison talks about a New Gamelan
Charles Amarkhanian, Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison talk about Colin McPhee