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Author Perlman, Marc.

Title Unplayed melodies : Javanese gamelan and the genesis of music theory / Marc Perlman.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2004]
©2004

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML345 .J32 P46 2004    Available  ---
Description xix, 254 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.
Contents Cognitive preliminaries : the nature of musical knowledge and the processes of creative thinking -- A brief introduction to karawitan -- Karawitan as a multipart music : the relations between the melodic parts -- The balungan as melodic guide -- Theorizing melodic guidance : the social and historical context of Javanese music theory -- Three concepts of unplayed melody -- Implicit-melody concepts in perspective -- Patterns of conceptual innovation in music theory : a comparative approach.
Subject Music -- Indonesia -- Java -- History and criticism.
Music.
Indonesia -- Java.
Gamelan music -- Indonesia -- Java -- History and criticism.
Gamelan music.
Melody.
Melody.
ISBN 0520239563 cloth alkaline paper
9780520239562 cloth alkaline paper