Balinese Discourses on Music and Modernization: Village Voices and Urban Views

by Heimarck,Brita Renee

• ISBN13: 9780415942089
• ISBN10: 041594208X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

While many Western scholars have discussed the technical aspects of Balinese music or the traditional contexts for performance, little has been written in Western languages about Balinese discourses on their music. This book seeks to understand the experience of music in Bali according to Balinese voices through an analysis of oral and written discourses on music, mainly by musicians and shadow play puppeteers from the village of Sukawat, and scholars, teachers, administrators, and students from the Indonesian College of the Arts (STSI) in the city of Denpasar. These two areas provide a useful contrast between the musical thought of a traditional village and that of an urban, modern college, during a period of unprecedented modernization and globalization. Brita Heimarck concentrates on Balinese discourses, thus enabling individual performers and scholars to represent themselves, making this study more of a critical discussion among equals than a Western interpretation of "others."

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xi
List of Plates	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xxiii
Introduction	3	(32)
Part One Musical Discourses from Sukawati: The Transition from Traditional to Modern
Historical Accounts of the Shadow Play Tradition in Banjar Babakan, Sukawati	35	(38)
Bapak I Wayan Loceng: Proverbs, Metaphors, and Musical Techniques	73	(22)
Interviews with the Young Generation of Shadow Play Perfromers in Banjar Babakan, Sukawati	95	(52)
Part Two Musical Discourses in the Context of STSI, the Indonesian College for the Arts in Denpasar, Bali: STSI as a Mirror of Modernization Based on Continuity and Change
The Practices and Principles of STSI: Presrvation and Development of Balinese Arts	147	(38)
STSI and Scholarship: Balinese Written Discourses on Music and the Shadow Play	185	(36)
The Political Role of STSI: Indonesian Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Policy	221	(16)
Conclusion	237	(8)
Appendix 1 Original Indonesian Text of Interviews, Accounts, Dialogues, and Conversations with Scholars and Performers from Sukawati	245	(10)
Appendix 2 Key to the Notation and Musical Transcription of ``Sulendra''	255	(18)
Appendix 3 Original Indonesian Text of Interviews, Accounts, Dialogues, and Conversations with Faculty and Students at STSI as well as Brief Citations of Balinese Written Discourses	273	(4)
Appendix 4 The Opening Four Verses of Prakempa: Sebuah Lontar Gambelan Bali	277	(2)
Notes	279	(50)
Glossary	329	(14)
Bibliography	343	(20)
Index	363