GAMELAN ORCHESTRA FROM THE VILLAGE OF PLIATAN, BALI, INDONESIA - DANCERS OF BALI

Beautiful Balinese music from the village of Pliatan, this album came out in 1952.... Under the direction of Anak Agung Gde Mandere and produced by John Coast, liner notes written by Colin McPhee.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

SEMAR PEGULINGAN - GOLDEN GONG OF BALI

Semar Pegulingan Golden Gong of Bali Each balimese orchestra or gamelan is tuned to a slightly different scale. The scale used on this recording is called Semar Pegulingan. This scale is one of the oldest and most stately court scales in bali. The gamelan is housed in Banjar Teges in the village of Pliatan and in 1976 it performed in Iran and Germany.The history of this particular gamelan dates back further then men can remember. It is said to have belonged to the court of Klungkung and was used as a court ceremonial instrument. The King of Klungkung decided to set up a new King in the neighbouring province of Negara. He gave the King of Negara this gamelan as a gift for his palace. Negara declared war upon the Kings of Ubud and Pliatan and was defeated. As part of the spoils of war the gamelan was given to the village of Pliatan. All this was about 600 years ago. When the American musician Colin McPhee went to live in bali in the 1930's he discovered this gamelan in the village of Pliatan. It was in a state of disrepair and had not been used for some time. The bronze keys were in good order so McPhee had new wooden cases made for the gamelan and he kept it in his house at Sayan while he lived on the island. When McPhee left bali he took with him the Trompong (the sole instrument featured on the second side of the recording) and it has since been lost. Eight years ago (in 1974) anew Trompong was made and the gamelan was lent to the men of Banjar Teges. These men have revived the old repetoire of the gamelan and have also been able to add some new compositions. This recording was made in Bali in November, 1974. It was recorded on a Uher 4200 1C using Breyer microphones. This recording was produced from the resources of The Ethnomusicology Centre, R.M.C., Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, P.O. Darling Heights, Toowoomba, 4350, Queensland, Australia. Musical directors: Made Lebah & Made Gerindam Recording and notes: Douglas Myers Recording engineer: Rodney Jacobson GET IT HERE Enjoy!

INDONESIA, ITS MUSIC AND ITS PEOPLE

This is such a great album, narrated by the lovely Miss Christobel Weerasinghe it covers gamelan music from Java and Bali, krontjong music, angklung music and some songs from Sumatera and Sulawesi... There's even a composition from Colin McPhee performed by the Eastman-Rochester Symphonic Orchestra. Most of the recordings are field recordings by Ruby Ornstein, ethno-musicologist and a member of the Department of Music, Queens College of the City University of New York.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

COLIN MCPHEE - TABUH TABUHAN / ELLIOTT CARTER - THE MINOTAUR

Colin McPhee (March 15, 1900 – January 7, 1964) was a Canadian composer and musicologist. He is primarily known for being the first Western composer to make an ethnomusicological study of Bali, and for the quality of that work. He also composed music influenced by that of Bali and Java decades before such compositions that were based on world music became widespread.

He moved to Bali in the early 30's, build himself a house there, studied Balinese music and culture and wrote a beautiful book about his life there, A House In Bali.... He moved back to America in 1939... In 1936, while he was in Mexico he composed his piece Tabuh Tabuhan, based on Balinese gamelan music....

Elliott Carter December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American composer who was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, then returned to the United States. After an early neoclassical phase, he developed a personal harmonic and rhythmic language. His compositions are known and performed throughout the world; they include orchestral, chamber music, solo instrumental, and vocal works.

Carter was productive in his later years, publishing more than 40 works between the ages of 90 and 100,[4] and over 20 more after he turned 100 in 2008.[5] He completed his last work, Epigrams for piano trio, on August 13, 2012....

His composition The Minotaur was based on the Greek legend of Theseus and the Minotaur.....

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