Archaic Instruments in Modern West Java: Bamboo Murmurs

Archaic Instruments in Modern West Java: Bamboo Murmurs explores how current residents of Bandung, Indonesia, have (re-)adopted bamboo musical instruments to forge meaningful bridges between their past and present-between traditional and modern values. Although it focuses specifically on Bandung, the cosmopolitan capital city of West Java, the book grapples with ongoing issues of global significance, including musical environmentalism, heavy metal music, the effects of first-world hegemonies on developing countries, and cultural "authenticity." Bamboo music's association with the Sundanese landscape, old agricultural ceremonies, and participatory music making, as well as its adaptability to modern society, make it a fertile site for an ecomusicological study.

List of contents

Introduction

1 Bamboo Murmurs

2 When in Bandung ...

3. Bamboo Wisdom

4 Roots Values

5 Entanglements

 

About the author

Henry Spiller is Professor in the Department of Music at University of California, Davis and the author of several books, including FOCUS: Gamelan Music of Indonesia.

Summary

Archaic Bamboo Instruments explores how current residents of Bandung, Indonesia, have (re-) adopted bamboo musical instruments to forge meaningful bridges between their past and present—between traditional and modern values.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Spiller, Spiller Henry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032299358
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3229935-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: SOAS Studies in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Music, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, Theory of music & musicology, Music reviews & criticism, Music reviews and criticism, Theory of music and musicology