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Title: | "ALL THE GOOD MUSICIANS ARE DEAD": A SENSE OF DECLINE IN JAVANESE GAMELAN | Authors: | THOW XIN WEI | Keywords: | Javanese Gamelan, Java, Surakarta, Ethnography, Southeast Asian Studies, Phenomenology | Issue Date: | 24-Aug-2018 | Citation: | THOW XIN WEI (2018-08-24). "ALL THE GOOD MUSICIANS ARE DEAD": A SENSE OF DECLINE IN JAVANESE GAMELAN. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | This work is a phenomenological enquiry into the experience of playing and learning classical Javanese gamelan, a genre intimately linked to notions of the past, in a present moment often felt to be modern, innovative and unpredictable. Prominent in my experience is a sense of decline encountered in various sources: scholarly literature, media portrayals, and comments from both Javanese and non-Javanese musicians alike. Taking this as a starting point, I investigate particular aspects of musical life associated with decline: the four essays that make up the main body of the thesis discuss formal schooling, the use of notation, and my experiences at the pendopo [audience hall] of the Mangkunegaran palace. Through these reflections on change and the sense of decline it engenders, I explore the relationships of musicians to their music, to each other, and to the world that surrounds them. | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/151257 |
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