In this article I compare a robotic gamelan sound installation (the gamelatron) and traditional
gamelan, as performed in the American gamelan subculture, in order to specify the concept …

Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia, Third Edition, introduces the emblematic music of
Southeast Asia's largest country, as sound and as cultural phenomenon, highlighting the …

The interplay of the local and the global in contemporary Thai art, as artists strive for
international recognition and a new meaning of the national. Since the 1990s, Thai …

Masyarakat menerapkan tradisi secara sistematis seperti perekat. Ketika yang asli tidak lagi
seperti dulu, nostalgia mengasumsikan makna keseluruhannya. Budaya biasanya …

This book began work as a study focused on the Pātañjalayogaśāstra. However, the more I
read, the more I became drawn into its intertextual web and the contemporaneous Buddhist …

Most studies of musical improvisation focus on individual musicians. But that is not the whole
story. From jazz to flamenco, Shona mbira to Javanese gamelan, improvised practices thrive …

Sebagaimana dimplikasikan judulnya, buku ini diterbitkan dengan tujuan memberi tawaran
berupa wawasan, pemahaman, konsep-konsep, contoh-contoh kasus sekitar metode …

Global Musical Modernisms–the formulation heralds expansion into new arenas of music
research. 1 For while certain pairings of the component terms are familiar enough, the …

Pockets of improvisation practices and research are emerging in different parts of the world,
and practitioners as well as scholars are actively seeking more knowledge to support their …

The development of new musical compositions for Balinese gamelan has resulted in a rapid
growth in contemporary music genres. Their methodologies have led to extraordinary …