Music In Bali

Author : Michael Tenzer
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462916384
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Balinese Music written by Michael Tenzer and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 1998-08-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an introduction to more than a dozen different types of Balinese gamelan, each with its own established tradition, repertoire and social or religious context. The instruments and basic principles underlying the gamelan are introduced, thus providing listeners with the means to better appreciate the music. Scores of beautiful color photographs, a discography, and a brief guide to studying and hearing the music in Bali, will prove indispensible to visitors and gamelan afficionados around the world.

Author : Lisa Rachel Gold
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195141498
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music in Bali written by Lisa Rachel Gold and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music in Bali is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to accompany each study. Music in Bali introduces the ensemble tradition of Balinese music, reflecting cooperative aspects of the island's social organization. Drawing on many years of study with Balinese performers in the United States and extensive fieldwork in Bali, author Lisa Gold presents contemporary Balinese performance within its cultural and historical context, linking Bali's rich past to its current role in modern, globalized society. She illustrates how new compositions borrow material from earlier traditions while also allowing for individual expression and innovation in vibrant present-day culture. By describing various performances--from a temple ceremony, to a shadow puppet performance, to a masked dance drama--Music in Bali surveys a wide range of performance contexts, from the highly sacred to the secular. It looks at the interconnected layers of the Balinese musical tradition, showing how the island's music, dance, theater, and ritual are intertwined. Music in Bali is enhanced by eyewitness accounts of local performances, interviews with key performers, and vivid illustrations. Packaged with a 70-minute CD containing examples of the music discussed in the book, it features guided listening and hands-on activities that encourage readers to engage actively and critically with the music.

Author : I Wayan Dibia
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462908675
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Balinese Dance, Drama & Music written by I Wayan Dibia and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the richness and beauty of Bali's many performing art forms. This book is a lavishly illustrated introduction to the most popular forms of traditional performing arts in Bali--among the most intricate and spectacular musical and theatrical performances found anywhere. Ideal reading for visitors to the island, as well as anyone interested in Balinese culture, this book presents the history and form of each performance--with 250 watercolor illustrations and full-color photos to aid in identification. Introductory sections discuss how the performing arts are learned in Bali and the basic religious and cultural tenets expressed through the arts. Subsequent chapters describe each form, including Gamelan Gong Keybar, Gambuh, Legong Keraton, Baris, Wayang Kulit and many more! Chapters include: What is Gamelan? Women in Non-Traditional Roles The Stories in Balinese Theatre Sacred and Ceremonial Dances And many more! Expert authors I Wayan Dibya and Rucina Ballinger discuss how the performing arts in Bali are passed from one generation to the next and the traditional values these performances convey, as well as their place within religious celebrations and how and when the performances are staged. In addition to including a bibliography and discography, the book is enhanced with over 200 stunning photographs and specially-commissioned watercolor illustrations from artist Barbara Anello.

Author : Colin Mcphee
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music In Bali written by Colin Mcphee and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1976-09-21 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Tenzer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226792811
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gamelan Gong Kebyar written by Michael Tenzer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Edward Herbst
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819573280
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voices in Bali written by Edward Herbst and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholar and trained performer of Balinese vocal music and dance, ethnomusicologist Edward Herbst brings unique talents to bear in this provocative book. The lessons of his Balinese masters enable him to offer fresh insight to this culture's aesthetics and cultural elements. Appropriating John Cage's effective style of "mixing theory, anecdote, context, philosophy, and humor," Herbst crafts an accessible body of work, compelling in substance and form. By merging the "Balinese concept of place-time-context with Cage's concepts of structure, method, and form, [Herbst] returns to the critical issue of what scholars and intercultural artists are doing, and 'what' is their 'object' under study." Undergraduates and scholars in fields as varied as theater studies and anthropology will find this book and companion CD (in print editions) an important resource not only for its knowledgeable treatment of Balinese culture, but as an example of a more personal and engaging style of scholarly discourse. The ebook edition includes embedded audio.

Author : Michael Tenzer
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462908705
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Balinese Gamelan Music written by Michael Tenzer and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With extensive photographs and an audio CD, this guide to Balinese music showcases the history, culture and art of the gamelan ceremony. Bali has developed and nourished an astonishing variety of musical ensembles--called gamelan--comprising dozens of instruments mainly made of bronze or bamboo, and organized into groups with as many as 30 to 40 players. In Balinese Gamelan Music, Michael Tenzer, a noted Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, presents an introduction to many types of Balinese gamelan ensembles, each with its own established tradition, repertoire and context. The instruments and basic principles underlying the music are introduced, providing listeners with the means to better appreciate the music--and its importance not only in Bali but around the world. The gamelan music of Bali is a centuries-old kaleidoscope of sound and rhythm that is recognized today as one of the world's most sophisticated musical traditions. Despite rapid changes in contemporary village life, hundreds of groups still perform regularly around this tiny island--from isolated mountain hamlets to the bustling precincts of Denpasar, Kuta and Ubud. The primary function of gamelan music in Bali is to accompany religious rituals. Each village typically maintains several different gamelan sets, using each one for a different set of occasions. Music is memorized and rehearsed in village meeting halls, temples, or private homes. When a gamelan group accompanies a Balinese dance performance, the close coordination between the dancers' movements and the music is established through a complex system of interactive cues and responses. Performance standards are extremely high and even with Bali's rapid modernization in recent years, the gamelan tradition remains vital and largely undiminished by outside musical influences.

Author : Michael B. Bakan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226034881
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music of Death and New Creation written by Michael B. Bakan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-12-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The accompanying CD contains music excerpts which are listed in the book on pgs. xiii-xvii.

Author : Matthew Montfort
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Traditions--future Possibilities written by Matthew Montfort and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Russell Hartenberger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108492924
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm written by Russell Hartenberger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of rhythm and the richness of musical time from the perspective of performers, composers, analysts, and listeners.