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Gamelan Gong Kebyar - The Art Of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music

by Michael Tenzer
$6.06
Gamelan Gong Kebyar - The Art Of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music - Thryft
Gamelan Gong Kebyar - The Art Of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music - Thryft

Shimmering tones, breathless pace - Musical enchantment for explorers of world cultures.

Recommendation: - This book would be a great read for those who are fascinated by the intricacies of music from different cultures. It provides a comprehensive study of the Balinese gamelan, focusing on the gamelan gong kebyar genre. With its detailed analysis and musical transcriptions, the book offers a unique insight into the art and culture of Southeast Asia. Whether you are a musician or someone interested in world music, this book will captivate you with its shimmering tones and immersive exploration.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Gamelan Gong Kebyar - The Art Of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music

by Michael Tenzer
$6.06
ISBN: 9780226792835
Authors: Michael Tenzer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date of Publication: 2000-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Music
Goodreads rating: 4.09
(rated by 22 readers)

Description

The Balinese gamelan , with its shimmering tones, breathless pace, and compelling musical language, has long captivated musicians, composers, artists, and travelers. Here, Michael Tenzer offers a comprehensive and durable study of this sophisticated musical tradition, focusing on the preeminent twentieth-century genre, gamelan gong kebyar.Combining the tools of the anthropologist, composer, music theorist, and performer, Tenzer moves fluidly between ethnography and technical discussions of musical composition and structure. In an approach as intricate as one might expect in studies of Western classical music, Tenzer's rigorous application of music theory and analysis to a non-Western orchestral genre is wholly original. Illustrated throughout, the book also includes nearly 100 pages of musical transcription (in Western notation) that correlate with 55 separate tracks compiled on two accompanying compact discs.The most ambitious work on gamelan since Colin McPhee's classic Music in Bali, this book will interest musicians of all kinds and anyone interested in the art and culture of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Bali.
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Shimmering tones, breathless pace - Musical enchantment for explorers of world cultures.

Recommendation: - This book would be a great read for those who are fascinated by the intricacies of music from different cultures. It provides a comprehensive study of the Balinese gamelan, focusing on the gamelan gong kebyar genre. With its detailed analysis and musical transcriptions, the book offers a unique insight into the art and culture of Southeast Asia. Whether you are a musician or someone interested in world music, this book will captivate you with its shimmering tones and immersive exploration.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.