{"product_id":"bittersweet-sounds-of-passage-balinese-gamelan-angklung-cremation-music-hardcover-1","title":"Bittersweet Sounds of Passage: Balinese Gamelan Angklung Cremation Music - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Koskoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important presence through centuries of musical and social change, gamelan angklung is a small, four-tone bronze-keyed ensemble that remains ubiquitous at cremations in Bali. Ellen Koskoff offers a compelling portrait of these little-studied orchestras and their members: rice farmers, eatery owners, and other locals who do not see themselves as musicians or what they play as music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Koskoff examines the history, cultural significance, and musical structures of contemporary gamelan angklung cremation music through the lens of three intertwined stories: existing scholarship on this music, written mostly by Western composers and scholars; the views of those performing and experiencing the music who regard it as dharma--ritual obligation, a basic concept in Balinese Hinduism; and the music itself, with a musical analysis focusing on changes in \u003ci\u003erasa\u003c\/i\u003e--feeling, flavor and musical flow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A journey inside a tradition, \u003ci\u003eBittersweet Sounds of Passage\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the overlooked music of an important ritual in Balinese village life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Koskoff\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita of Ethnomusicology at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. Her many books include the award-winning \u003ci\u003eMusic in Lubavitcher Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Feminist Ethnomusicology: Writings on Music and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47386098794745,"sku":"9780252046629","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/EcYw6VzL-99780252046629_efb93625-ebc7-4bc6-9398-425b3c170d25.webp?v=1770188804","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bittersweet-sounds-of-passage-balinese-gamelan-angklung-cremation-music-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}