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Title: North Borneo Gongs and the Javanese Gamelan. Studies in Southeast Asian Gong traditions. Orig. Thesis (Stockholm University).
Description: Stockholm, Stockholm Universitet, 1993. sm.8°. orig. limp printed grey wraps. 201pp. Music-scores in text, extensive notes to each chapter, bibliogr., abstraclt loosely inserted, printed on recte. Analytical study partly based upon fieldwork, describing the gong music tradition of a 'Dusun' village in Sabah, North Borneo, focused on the one-row gong-chime, the kulintangan. A representative sample of performances is transcribed and analyzed. The second division inquires into the age of gong traditions, derived from Java. A very fine copy.

Keywords: music music scores gongs gong plays sabah borneo dusun java gamelan history

Price: EUR 115.00 = appr. US$ 124.99 Seller: Antiquarian Booksellers Gemilang
- Book number: 42015