Unplayed Melodies; Javanese Gamelan and the Genesis of Music Theory
Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London: University of California Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [viii] xix [xx] [1] 254 [256] : 44 illustrations : 1 table : unbleached cloth boards : brown decorative jacket.
Block edges, endpapers, first and last leaves foxed; jacket edges very lightly curled at head. Very good / near fine. Item #14765
The gamelan music of Central Java is one of the world's great orchestral traditions. Its rich sonic texture is not based on Western-style harmony or counterpoint, but revolves around a single melody. The nature of that melody, however, is puzzling. In this book, Marc Perlman uses this puzzle as a key to both the art of the gamelan and the nature of musical knowledge in general. - Publisher.
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