| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 254 pages) : illustrations, music |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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. |
| Summary |
The gamelan music of Central Java is one of the world's great orchestral traditions. Its rich sonic texture is not based on Western-style harmony or counterpoint but revolves around a single melody. The nature of that melody, however, is puzzling. In this book, Marc Perlman uses this puzzle as a key both to the art of the gamelan and to the nature of musical knowledge in general. Drawing on the insights of Java's most respected musicians, Perlman shows how irregularities in the relationships between the melodic parts have suggested the existence of "unplayed melodies." To clarify the differences between these implicit-melody concepts, Unplayed Melodies tells the stories behind their formulation, identifying each as the creative contribution of an individual musician in a postcolonial context.--Publisher description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music -- Indonesia -- Java -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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Indonesia -- Java. |
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Gamelan music -- Indonesia -- Java -- History and criticism.
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Gamelan music. |
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Melody.
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Melody. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Perlman, Marc. Unplayed melodies. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004 0520239563 (DLC) 2003006432 (OCoLC)51900520 |
| ISBN |
9780520930490 electronic book |
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0520930495 electronic book |
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0520239563 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520239562 cloth alkaline paper |
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