The term "gamelan" refers to various indigenous music ensembles of Java and Bali, the core instruments of which are usually drums, variously tuned bronze gongs, different sets of bronze metallophones, cymbals, and flutes. The bas-reliefs...

A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included. The term refers more to...

Errol de Cruz Business Times (Malaysia) 10-26-2001 IT WAS an auspicious moment, last week, when gamelan activist Sunetra Fernando and her group, Rhythm In Bronze, released their eponymous CD debut, subtitled New Music For The Malaysian Gamelan, in conjuction with their two-night performance...

GAMELAN: THE TRADITIONAL SOUNDS OF INDONESIA. By Henry Spiller. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2004. xxiii + 395 pp. Illus. and CD. Hardcover $60.00. The Sundanese of West Java count as the second largest ethnic group in Indonesia (after the Javanese), but their...

Forget that great tree at Rockefeller Center: We dance-lovers know it must be Christmas because Alvin Ailey’s at the City Center and The Nutcracker’s at the State. Year in, year out, they anchor New York’s end-of-year dance experience. This year, though, Ailey is hoping to...

Forget that great tree at Rockefeller Center: We dance-lovers know it must be Christmas because Alvin Ailey’s at the City Center and The Nutcracker’s at the State. Year in, year out, they anchor New York’s end-of-year dance experience. This year, though, Ailey is hoping to...