Music in Bali : experiencing music, expressing culture

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    • Gold, Lisa (Lisa Rachel)

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Music in Bali : experiencing music, expressing culture

Lisa Gold

(Global music series / general editors, Bonnie C. Wade and Patricia Shehan Campbell)

Oxford University Press, 2005

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Bibliogrpahy: p. 162-164

"Resorces": p. 165-168

Includes index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780195141498

Description

Music in Bali is a volume in the Global Music Series, edited by Bonnie Wade and Patricia Shehan Campbell. This volume, appropriate for use in undergraduate, introductory courses on world music or ethnomusicology, introduces the musical traditions of Bali. The text discusses the ensemble tradition of Balinese music, underscoring the communal nature of the social organization of Bali. By describing various performances - from a temple ceremony, to a shadow puppet performance, to a masked dance drama - Gold surveys the range of performance contexts from the highly sacred to the secular. Stressing the vitality and centrality of music in Bali, the text describes the interconnectedness of the layers of the Balinese musical tradition, illustrating the integration of music, dance, theater and ritual in Balinese society. Drawing on over 25 years of study of Balinese music and shadow-puppetry, author Lisa Gold presents contemporary Balinese performance within its cultural and historical context, linking Bali's rich past to its present role in a modern, globilized society. Through a careful examination of musical traditions and guided listening, Gold illustrates how new compositions borrow or reuse material from earlier traditions while also allowing for individual expression and innovation in a vibrant contemporary culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Preface: CD Track List: 1. The Balinese Ceremonial Soundscape: Simultaneity of Soundings Place, Time, and Circumstance The Act of Offering Odalan (Temple Ceremonies) and Rame (Full, Boisterous, Active) Spatial Orientation: Cycles of Time: Large-Scale Time: Stories and History: Cultural Tourism: Thinking in Threes: Historical Periods, Degrees of Sacredness, and Spatial Orientation of the Performing Arts The All-Encompassing Adat (Tradition) In the Sacred Space of the Inner Courtyard (Jeroan): Old-Period Genres as Offerings In the Ceremonial Space of the Middle Courtyard (Jaba Tengah): Middle-Period Genres The More Secular Space of the Outer Courtyard (Jaba): New Creations and Entertainment Conclusion 2. Instruments: Materials, Tuning, and Timbre The Power of Bronze Tuning and Timbre The Waves of Paired Tuning: A Gamelan's Breath of Life Tuning Systems, Scales, and Notation Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Explosive Twentieth-Century Style Instrument Families in Gamelan Music The Gongs: Cycles of Time in Music: Gongs that Mark Colotomic Meters Keyed Instruments (Metallophones): Gender-Type Metallophones The Low Metallophone Instruments The Gangsa Family Gong-Chimes: Reyong: Trompong: Other Layers of Melody: Drums: Aural Conductor of the Ensemble: Cymbals (Ceng-Ceng) Conclusion 3. Interlocking and Layering: Musical Roles in the Ensemble The Musical Community of a Gamelan Sekaha The Stratified Texture of Gamelan: Simultaneous Melodies The Pokok (Basic Melody) Communal Elaboration: Interlocking Parts (Kotekan) Gangsa Kotekan: Polos and Sangsih Single-Note Kotekan Syncopated Patterning Kotekan Expansion and Contraction of a Kotekan Pattern Reyong Figuration: Melodic Interlocking and Percussive Accentuation Comparison of Reyong and Trompong Leadership, Cueing, and Ensemble Interaction Gaya (Charismatic Gesture) Conclusion: Putting the Layers Together 4. The World of Stories: Integration of Music, Dance, and Drama in Traditional Balinese Theater Playing the Past in the Present Genres in the Old Category: Sacred Ensembles: Genres in the Middle Category: The Hindu Javanese Legacy: Genres in the New Category: Drawing from Middle and Old and Breaking Free: The Idea of Completeness: Revisiting Rame Assumptions and Conventions in Traditional Balinese Theater The Concept of a "Story:" Orality and Literacy in Performance: The Panji Cycle Levels of Abstraction and Accessibility: The Role of Interpreters Genres of Theater: Wayang Kilut (Shadow Puppet Theater) The Dalang The Progression of a Performance: Taksu: Divine Inspiration and "Shifting Focal Points" Conclusion 5. Characterization, Movement, and Gong Structures That Enliven Balinese Theater Aesthetics and Character Types: Halus (Refined) and Keras (Strong) Male, Female, and Androgynous Dance Styles Topeng (Masked Dance Drama) The Characters: Progression of a Topeng Play Free Choreography: Legong: Free versus Fixed Choreography: Elements of Dance and Music in Topeng and Legong Vocabulary of Movements: Agem: Angsel: Dance and Music Articulation Colotomic Meters, Delineating Theatrical Situation and Mood: Batel: Omang: Bapang: Gabor Longgor: Gilak: Gamelan Balaganjur Listening to Two Topeng Pieces Kecak: Conclusion 6. Large-Scale Form in Gong Kebyar and Its Antecedents "Classical" Tripartite Form Three Contrasting Movements: Gineman: Metrically Free Preludes Listening to an Entire Piece: The Tripartite Form in "Sinom Ladrang" Innovations in Form and Texture in Kebyar Kreasi Baru (New Creations) Form in Kebyar: Cyclicity and Linearity New Textures: Kebyar Passages: A Display of Gaya Kebyar-style Gineman: Gegenderan "Jaya Semara" ("Victorious Divine Love/Love Deity") Transformation of Form and Other Innovations Gong Kebyar Competitions at the Bali Arts Festival Kreasi Baru Trends at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century Kontemporer Conclusion: Traditional Arts in a Rapidly Changing World Arts Workshop/Studio Collectives (Sanggar) 7. Conclusion: Three Themes Revisited at a Cremation Ceremony Glossary: References: Resources: Index:
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: cloth ISBN 9780195141504

Description

This volume, appropriate for use in undergraduate, introductory courses on world music or ethnomusicology, introduces the musical traditions of Bali. The text discusses the ensemble tradition of Balinese music, underscoring the communal nature of the social organization of Bali.

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