Gamelan - Sumarsam - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226780115 - December 15, 1995
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This work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism.


352 pages, 12 halftones, 24 line drawings, 51 tables

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Released December 15, 1995
ISBN13 9780226780115
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 368
Dimensions 152 × 256 × 23 mm   ·   558 g
Language English