Balinese Gamelan Music [With CD (Audio)]

by Michael Tenzer

Book Overview

With extensive photographs and audio recordings, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804841861
• ISBN13: 9780804841863
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"