Gamelan In The 19th-Century Netherlands : An Encounter Between East and West.

With a preface, appendices, glossary, bibliography and index. Color and black & white plates and photos. The Dutch became interested in the cultural nature of the Dutch East Indies during the 19th century, and many instruments from the area were brought to the Netherlands as a result. The music itself became popular in 1879 with the appearance in Arnhem of Hario Gondo Siwoyo and his orchestra and dancers.

298 p.; 25 cm.
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Language: English
ISBN: 9063752164
ISBN13: 9789063752163