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Balinese Gamelan Music
Michael Tenzer
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With extensive photographs and audio recordings, this guide to Balinese music showcases the history, culture and art of the gamelan ceremony.
Bali has developed and nourished an astonishing variety of musical ensembles—called gamelan—comprising dozens of instruments mainly made of bronze or bamboo, and organized into groups with as many as 30 to 40 players. In Balinese Gamelan Music, Michael Tenzer, a noted Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, presents an introduction to many types of Balinese gamelan ensembles, each with its own established tradition, repertoire and context. The instruments and basic principles underlying the ... Read more
With extensive photographs and audio recordings, this guide to Balinese music showcases the history, culture and art of the gamelan ceremony.
Bali has developed and nourished an astonishing variety of musical ensembles—called gamelan—comprising dozens of instruments mainly made of bronze or bamboo, and organized into groups with as many as 30 to 40 players. In Balinese Gamelan Music, Michael Tenzer, a noted Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, presents an introduction to many types of Balinese gamelan ensembles, each with its own established tradition, repertoire and context. The instruments and basic principles underlying the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
409g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Boston, United States
ISBN
9780804841863
SKU
V9780804841863
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99-15
About Michael Tenzer
Michael Tenzer teaches at the University of British Columbia and is a recognized authority on Balinese gamelan. He has studied and performed with teachers and groups all over Bali since 1977. Tenzer holds a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the UC Berkeley, and taught at Yale from 1986--96.
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