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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966005903321

Autore

Kartomi Margaret J

Titolo

Musical journeys in Sumatra / / Margaret Kartomi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

9786613895202

9781283582759

1283582759

9780252093821

0252093828

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Disciplina

781.62/992205981

Soggetti

Music - Indonesia - Sumatra - History and criticism

Ethnomusicology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Orthography -- Abbreviations -- Note on Informal Learning, Musical Notation and Transcription -- List of Music Examples -- List of Figures -- List of Tables and Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Sumatra's Performing Arts, Groups, and Subgroups -- Part I. West Sumatra and Riau -- Chapter 2. Upstream Minangkabau: Music to Catch Tigers By -- Chapter 3 The Minangkabau  South Coast Home of the Mermaid and the Earth Goddess -- Chapter 4. Tabut: A Shi'a Ritual Transplanted from India to Minangkabau's North Coast -- Chapter 5. Four Sufi Muslim Genres in Minangkabau -- Chapter 6. The Riau Indragiri Sultanate's Nobat Ensemble and Its Suku Mamak Stalwarts -- Part II: South Sumatra and Bangka -- Chapter 7. South Sumatra "The Realm of Many Rivers" -- Chapter 8. The Wartime Creation of  "Gending Sriwijaya": From Banned Song to South Sumatran Symbol -- Chapter 9. The Island of Bangka -- Part III: North Sumatra -- Chapter 10. From Singkil to Natal: Sikambang, a Malay-Portuguese Song-Dance Genre -- Chapter 11. The Mandailing Raja Tradition in Pakantan -- Part IV: Aceh -- Chapter 12. Changes in the Lament Dances in Aceh: Phô as a Symbol of Female Identity -- Chapter 13. "Only If a Man Can Kill a Buffalo with



One Blow Can He Play a Rapa'i Pasè: -- Chapter 14. Connections across Sumatra -- Appendix 1. The Languages of Sumatra -- Appendix 2. Historical Studies of Sumatra and Ethnicity -- Appendix 3. Musical Studies of Sumatra -- Appendix 4. Tunings and Vocal Scales in South Sumatra -- Appendix 5. Gamelan in Sumatra -- Appendix 6. Audiovisual Recordings and Audio Examples on the Website -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating ethnographic record of vanishing musical genres, traditions, and practices.