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Article: Variation in Central Javanese Gamelan Music: Dynamics of a Steady State.(Review) (book reviews)
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- Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
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- March 1, 1999
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By R. ANDERSON SUTTON. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Monograph Series on Southeast Asia. Special Report No. 28. 1993. Pp. vi, 289. Bibliography, Appendices, Discography.
Since the middle of this century, we have witnessed an increasing number of gamelan studies by Western ethnomusicologists. The interaction between Western researchers and Javanese musicians and theorists has partly been responsible for this development. It has since become standard practice for ethnomusicologists to go to the "field" (an important aspect of the discipline), studying not only the knowledge of gamelan, but also how to play gendhing ...