Traditional Music in Modern Java Gamelan in a Changing Society

Musicologist Judith Becker contends that sociopolitical changes in Javanese society since the 1940s are reflected in changes in the structure of gamelan music, which is one of the traditional musics of Java. She sees gamelan music as a musical system in a state of crisis, unsure of its proper functi...

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Main Author: Becker, Judith (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Hawai'i Press 1980
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