Bittersweet sounds of passage: balinese gamelan angklung cremation music
Auteur :
Koskoff, Ellen
Éditeur :
University of Illinois Press
ISBN :
9780252088735
Date de publication :
8 juil. 2025
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
399 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An important presence through centuries of musical and social change, gamelan angklung is a small, four-tone bronze-keyed ensemble that remains ubiquitous at cremations in Bali. Ellen Koskoff offers a compelling portrait of these little-studied orchestras and their members: rice farmers, eatery owners, and other locals who do not see themselves as musicians or what they play as music.