Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia

<p><em>Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia</em> Third Edition introduces the emblematic music of Southeast Asia’s largest country as sound and as cultural phenomenon highlighting the significant role gamelan music plays in the national culture while teaching of Indonesian values and modern-day life. Despite Indonesia’s great diversity—a melting pot of indigenous Hindu Buddhist Islamic Portuguese Dutch British and modern global influences—a forged national identity is at its core. This volume explores that identity understanding present-day Javanese Balinese Cirebonese and Sundanese gamelan music through ethnic social cultural and global perspectives. </p><p>New to the third edition:</p><ul> <li>Updated content throughout to reflect current Indonesian history and geography as well as revivals of gamelan ensembles by the Cirebonese courts</li> <li>Modern examples of Indonesian musics along with new uses of gamelan and other traditional musics</li> <li>An examination of school gamelan and ISBI as a center of innovation</li> <li>Expanded discussion on dangdut and its current status in Indonesia along with Islam’s effect on dangdut</li> <li>Listening examples now posted as online eResources</li> </ul>