Karawitan: Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 3 Volume 3

The twentieth century has spawned a great interest in Indonesian music, and now books, articles, and manuscripts can be found that expound exclusively about karawitan (the combined vocal and instrumental music of the gamelan). Scholar Judith Becker has culled several key sources on karawitan into three volumes and has translated them for the benefit of the Western student of the gamelan tradition.The texts in her collection were written over a forty-five-year...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472038206
• ISBN13: 9780472038206
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: U of M Center for South East Asian Studi
• Length: 512 Pages