Resources in Print

• Linsay, Jennifer.Javanese Gamelan: Traditional Orchestra of Indonesia, second ed. Singapore: Oxford University Press (1992). A short introduction to the subject. Includes many good color photos of gamelan instruments in performance.
  
  
• Becker, Judith.Traditional Music in Modern Java: Gamelan in a Changing Society. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press (1980). Provides detailed information on gamelan music as well as modern developments in Javalese gamelan and the social context.
  
  
• Kunst, Jaap. Music in Java: Its History, Its Theory, and Its Technique, 2 vols., 3rd rev.ed., E.L. Heins, ed., The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff (1973). A comprehensive study of Javanese music. The early chapters contain a number of writings about the history of gamelan instruments, tuning, and performance in Java. Vol. 2 contains photographs and a bibliography.
  
  

Websites on Gamelan

• Bali & Beyond
  A site maintained by a group of Los Angeles performing artists. Provides more detailed information on gamelan music, instrument making, dance and shadow puppet theatre.
• Directory of Indonesian Gamelan Music Groups in North America
  A list containing information on about 75 groups. Compiled by Barbara Binary.
• Gamelan Sekar Jaya
  A Balinese ensemble based in San Francisco.
• Gamelan Galak Tika
  A Balinese gamelan ensemble at MIT.
• Pusaka Sunda
  A Sudanese gamelan degung ensemble.
• Indonesian Home Page
  Information on Indonesian life style including music.
• American Gamelan Institute
  A commercial site that has a large listing of monographs, journals, music scores, and notation, on gamelan for purchase.
  








1. Introduction 2. One Winter's Day in 1966... 3. Born of Fire 4. Gamelan in Indonesia 5. The Musical System 6. Instruments of the Gamelan 7. Additional Resources

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