MUSC 2270 Lecture 14: MUSC2270 Mar. 2
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Kecak indonesian exoticism composed/choreographed for tourist entertainment. Claude debussy used a lot of indonesian musical ideas in his compositions (eg gamelan"s pentatonic scales) exhibited at 1889 paris world fair; this is where debussy experienced gamelan music for the first time. Simple melodies based upon particular scales w/ particular tunings. Bali gets an airport in the 30s = more tourism. Barong similar to kecak but is authentic, from bali; a performance of a battle (good vs evil) to induce trance. A secret/traditional ritual performed intrinsically but now used for entertainment. Gong gede (full gamelan); kebyar (smaller) also used sometimes. Companies putting on these tourist shows can afford full gamelans. Members of the culture can distinguish bw authentic and constructed performances. Indonesian popular music: influences: gambus: instrument (stringed; similar to the oud) replaced by the oud following. Indonesian language is used + metric section that incl. interlocking rhythm.
