Neil Sorrell
A guide to the gamelan
Neil Sorrell · 2000
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This book introduces the reader to the history, music and instruments specifically of the Central Javanese gamelan, although reference is also made to Balinese gamelan music. There is a detailed account of the ritualistic process by which a gamelan is made, while the book begins with an assessment of the influence of gamelan music on Western composers, from Debussy, to Benjamin Britten, to Steve Reich.
Book details
- Year
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Society for Asian Music
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 125
- ISBN
- 9780966991505
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