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Musical journeys in Sumatra /
Although Sumatra is the sixth largest island in the world and home to an estimated 44 million Indonesians, its musical arts and cultures have not been the subject of a book-length study until now. Documenting and explaining the ethnographic, cultural, and historical contexts of Sumatra's perfor...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Sumatra's performing arts, groups, and subgroups
- West Sumatra and Riau. Upstream Minangkabau : music to capture tigers by ; The Minangkabau south coast : home of the mermaid and the Earth goddess ; Tabut : a Shi'a ritual transplanted from India to Minangkabau's north coast ; Four Sufi Muslim genres in Minangkabau ; The Riau Indragiri sultanate's nobat ensemble and its Suku Mamak stalwarts
- South Sumatra and Bangka. South Sumatra : "The realm of many rivers" ; The wartime creation of "Gending Sriwijaya" : from banned song to South Sumatran symbol ; The island of Bangka
- North Sumatra. From Singkil to Natal : sikambang, a Malay-Portuguese song-dance genre ; The Mandailing Raja tradition in Pakantan
- Aceh. Changes in the lament dances in Aceh : phô as a symbol of female identity ; "Only if a man can kill a buffalo with one blow can he play a rapa'i Pasè" : the frame drum as a symbol of male identity ; Connections across Sumatra
- App. 1. The languages of Sumatra
- App. 2. Historical studies of Sumatra and ethnicity
- App. 3. Musical studies of Sumatra
- App. 4. Tunings and vocal scales in South Sumatra
- App. 5. Gamelan in Sumatra
- App. 6. Audio examples and audiovisual recordings on the website.