MUS1100 Investigating Music World Music Semester 1, 2006

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MUS1100 Exploring Music World Music Semester 1, 2006 Music of Indonesia with Dr. Made Mantle Hood

Today's Lecture Part I. Chronicled foundation PartII. West Sumatra Part III. Focal Java Part IV. Bali

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Gong-toll Cultures Historical Background: eighth Cen. Borobudur Budhist landmark base reliefs of instruments 13-sixteenth Majahpahit Hindu Javanese Empire Court Arts, music and move for the god-lord 16-nineteenth Cen. Islamic control and Dutch provinces twentieth Cen. Island archipelago bound together as Indonesia

West Sumatra: Minangkabau People good countries use little gongs and percussion in a symphony called Talempong - four little knobbed kettlegongs played by two to four players joined by drums called Gandang - twofold headed tapered drums

Musical illustration: Trk 2Talipuak Kampai Talempong Sikatuntuang Bunga Setangkai Played by gathering of elderly ladies from Padang Alai. Six talempong played by four players, two-headed drum played with stick and hand. Music of Indonesia Vol. 12 – Gongs and Vocal Music from Sumatra. Smithsonian Folkways, 1996 CD2596

Tari Piring - 'plate move' (Kartomi 1983: 117)

Central Java: Gamelan - huge percussion ensemble of bronze gongs, drums, string instruments and woodwinds. 50 to 60 performers/artists Four instrument bunches 1. gongs 2. metallophones 3. melodic instruments 4. percussion

Gongs: Gong Ageng - the biggest bronze gong, 1 meter in distance across, venerated for its sonic/otherworldly power Kempul - littler tuned gongs that accentuate song

Metallophones: Saron - single octave set of thick bronze pieces suspended over a solitary trough resonator. Played with hard wooden hammer. Three octaves: demung - low barung - center peking - high Gender - multi-octave thin bronze keys with individual bamboo resonators. Played with two cushioned plate hammers and goes about as melodic pioneer.

Java Listening Example: Trk 6 Lancaran Manyar Sewu Sl. Manyura From: Original Javanese Music: Wedding and Welcome service Vol. 3Keraton Records 1991, CD 193.

Central Javanese Gamelan (Kartomi 1983:3122)

Performance Context Wayang Kulit - shadow manikin theater stories from the Indian legends Mahabharata and Ramayana Dhalang or pupperteer coordinates symphony, works puppest, sing spoetry, talks discourse for all characters - average execution keeps going from 9pm to 6am For wedding, circumcisions, celebrations of the regal court of Yogya and Solo

Bali: the gamelan gong gede Gong kebyar video 'Celebration 2004 Composed by Nyoman Winda "Lekesan" Flashy music and outfits in a virtuosic style

Map of Bali

Metallophones The three octaves of the gangsa family

Summary Bronze instruments frame a noteworthy piece of customary and contemporary Indonesian musical personality. Gamelan in its different structures from Sumatra, Java and Bali are instruments key to the music of Indonesia