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Informationen zum Autor Associate professor of music at Earlham College; his writings interweave aesthetics with various other domains, such as gender, food, language, ornithology, and ethics; has performed extensively in Java and abroad as a vocalist of traditional Javanese music, and has founded and directed a number of gamelan ensembles in the U.S. Klappentext Rasa is the most thorough treatment to date of this all-important concept at the heart of Javanese aesthetics. Rasa encompasses not only mood and intuition, but also theories of musical perception and cognition, as well as meaning and expression in music. Zusammenfassung Rasa is the most thorough treatment to date of this all-important concept at the heart of Javanese aesthetics. Rasa encompasses not only mood and intuition, but also theories of musical perception and cognition, as well as meaning and expression in music. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE; TECHNICAL NOTES; 1. The Musical Scene in Solo; 2. The Taste of Music: Rasaning Gendhing; 3. The Classification of Rasa Gendhing; 4. : Having Rasa! Part 1: Linguistic and Cultural Perspectives; 5. Having Rasa! Part 2: Musicianship; 6. The Communication of Rasa! Part 1: General Considerations of Expression and Perception; 7. The Communication of Rasa! Part 2: Garap and Other Factors Contributing to Specific Rasas; 8. Why Rasa Talk Matters; APPENDIX A: CLASSIFICATIONS OF RASA GENDHING FROM ORAL AND WRITTEN SOURCES; APPENDIX B: HOW IRAMA WORKS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES; CORPUS: WORKS HAVING CITATIONS OF RASA TERMS AS USED BY JAVANESE EXPERTS IN MUSIC AND RELATED ARTS; GENERAL WORKS; DISCOGRAPHY OF RECORDINGS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT; INDEX
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Rasa is the most thorough treatment to date of this all-important concept at the heart of Javanese aesthetics. Rasa encompasses not only mood and intuition, but also theories of musical perception and cognition, as well as meaning and expression in music.
