Sean WilliamsDepartment of Expressive Arts, Evergreen State College;Blackwell Publishing LtdThe Australian Journal of AnthropologyWallach, Jeremy. Modern Noise, Fluid Genres: Popular Music in Indonesia, 1997-2001. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008....
History, Modernity, and Music Genre in Indonesia: Popular Music Genres in the Dutch East Indies and Following Independence This introductory essay discusses genre as an organizing principle in Indonesian popular music. It suggests that the wildly creative hybridizations produced by Indonesian popular ...
Kroncongand dangdut are two quite different Indonesian popular music genres that emerged in the capital city, Jakarta. Both styles of music are now "national" musics, sung in the lingua franca, Indonesian, and aimed at all Indonesians regardless of ethnic or regional affiliations. Both rely on...
Currently, there is a wealth of research on how humans engage with each other in popular music. However, less has been explored in popular music studies regarding interactions with non-human or more-than-human entities. The more-than-human is understood as one that is both internally and exte...
Dangdut is the music of my country! ” It is often said thatdangdutis Indonesia’s national music. Its longstanding popularity has given it the honourable title of ‘The Music of the People’—as declared by Secretary of State, Moerdiono in 1995, during adangdutconcert celebrating 50 years...
“It is really fun to work and collaborate with new people with fresh ideas and enthusiasm; this great and new vision has definitely helped me to sharpen my goals in music and I am excited to share the next phase of my journey with the teams at Wo...
In addition, he was a versatile composer and wrote in almost every major genre, including symphony, opera, the solo concerto, chamber music including string quartet and string quintet, and the piano sonata. While none of these genres were new, the piano concerto was almost single-handedly ...
the group explored genres ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, styles, and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s. After the band broke up in 1970, all ...
However, his works include other genres as well. He writes in Punjabi, Urdu and Persian languages.His poetry is known for the unique use of everyday, commonplace phrases and wording that is instantly relatable for masses in the region. Numerous of his Punjabi lines and phrases have actua...
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