Unplayed melodies : Javanese gamelan and the genesis of music theory / Marc Perlman.

  • Perlman, Marc
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[2004], ©2004
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Javanese gamelan and the genesis of music theory

Publication/Creation

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2004], ©2004.

Physical description

xix, 254 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

Contents

Cognitive preliminaries: the nature of musical knowledge and the processes of creative thinking -- A brief introduction to karawitan -- Karawitan as a multipart music: the relations between the melodic parts -- The balungan as melodic guide -- Theorizing melodic guidance: the social and historical context of Javanese music theory -- Three concepts of unplayed melody -- Implicit-melody concepts in perspective -- Patterns of conceptual innovation in music theory: a comparative approach.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.

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Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

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