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Sundanese Gamelan Degung (Olivier Koechlin / www.cite-musique.fr)Sundanese Gamelan Pop
There’s gamelan music from Sunda, the western third of the island of Java in Indonesia, on this edition of New Sounds. The Sundanese type of gamelan is called Degung - an unique type of gamelan used for listening and ritual, rather than for various forms of theatre or dancing. In contrast to other gamelan, Degung is smaller in size, having developed in the small courts of Sunda, originally without singing, and may feature a large hanging gong, called goong and a 4-hole bamboo flute, known as suling degung. Gamelan degung has also become the vehicle for arrangements of Sundanese popular music. Listen to this distinctive style of chamber gamelan pop from a 1985 LP of music by E. Koestyara and Group Gapura along with the Western music that it has inspired, like Lou Harrison’s work Main Bersama-Sama, written for Degung, but including an additional horn from the European classical orchestra.
PROGRAM # 2439 Songs from Sunda (First aired on Thurs. 7/14/05)
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RECORDING |
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E. Koestyara & Group Gapura |
Sangkala |
Ayam Sebrang [6:00] |
Icon #5501
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Evergreen Club |
Sunda Songs |
Sorban Palid [8:00] |
Naxos World #76061**
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Tembang Sunda |
Sundanese Classical Songs |
Bubuka, Rajah Kunasari [5:30] |
Nimbus #5378, out of print. |
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Tembang Sunda |
Classical Music from West Java |
Bubuka, Tepang Asih [4:30] |
Celestial Harmonies #13134
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West Java |
Sundanese Jaipong and Other Popular Music |
Idjah Hadidjah: Tonggeret [4:30] |
Nonesuch Explorer #79815**
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E. Koestyara & Group Gapura |
Sangkala |
Reumbeuy [4:00] |
See above. |
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Sunda Africa |
No Risk No Fun |
India [5:30] |
GlobeStyle #ORB-095**
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Lou Harrison |
Music of Lou Harrison |
Main Bersama-sama, excerpt [5:30] |
CRI #613 Our of print, but try Amazon.com* or auction sites |
*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page
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