Unplayed melodies : Javanese gamelan and the genesis of music theory / by Perlman, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Cognitive preliminaries: the nature of musical knowledge and the processes of creative thinking -- A brief introduction to karawitan -- Karawitan as a multipart music: the relations between the melodic parts -- The balungan as melodic guide -- Theorizing melodic guidance: the social and historical context of Javanese music theory -- Three concepts of unplayed melody -- Implicit-melody concepts in perspective -- Patterns of conceptual innovation in music theory: a comparative approach.…”
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Listening to an Earlier Java : Aesthetics, Gender, and the Music of Wayang in Central Java. by Weiss, Sarah

Table of Contents: “…Disempowerment and male biasCompeting and interacting hegemonies in Java; CHAPTER III Flaming wombs and female gender players Order, chaos, and gender in Central Javanese myth; Nyai Lara Kidul: loyal consort and destroyer of Central Javanese rulers; Chaotic love; Female 'gender' players and the gendered interaction between chaos and order; Myths and mundane realities; CHAPTER IV Javanese rasa Gendering emotion and restraint; Javanese performance and 'rasa'; 'Rasa' in Javanese music theoretical texts; Javanese music theories in historical context.…”
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