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Gamelan Son of Lion, a Javanese-style iron American gamelan based in New York City that is devoted to new music, playing in a loft in Soho, Manhattan in 2007Kyai Barleyan, a Javanese gamelan at Oberlin College in Ohio. Acquired in 1970, it is believed to be the third-oldest gamelan in use in the United States.
American gamelan could refer to both instruments and music; the term has been used to refer to gamelan-style instruments built by Americans, as well as to music written by American composers to be played on gamelan instruments. American gamelan music usually has some relationship to the gamelan traditions of Indonesia, as found primarily on the islands of Java and Bali in a variety of styles. Many American compositions can be played on Indonesian or American-made instruments. Indonesian gamelan can be made of a variety of materials, including bronze, iron, or bamboo. American gamelan builders used all sorts of materials including aluminum, tin cans, car hubcaps, steel, antique milk-strainers, etc. American gamelan may also describe the original music of American ensembles working with traditional instruments.
Dennis Murphy is often credited as being the first American to build instruments modeled on those of the Javanese gamelan, circa 1960. This work led to his doctoral thesis at Wesleyan University, entitled "The Autochthonous American Gamelan". Murphy started a gamelan group with his instruments at Goddard College in Vermont in 1967; that group later became the community-based Plainfield Village Gamelan.
There have been other American builders of gamelan as well, on both the East and West coasts. Following Murphy's model was Barbara Benary, who built the instruments still used today for Gamelan Son of Lion. On the West coast, the airline industry made aluminum affordable, and this became the material of choice for several gamelan builders. Daniel Schmidt, a composer-builder, built an ensemble called "The Berkeley Gamelan" (independent of the University of California, Berkeley) as well as the set of instruments that would develop into Gamelan Pacifica in Seattle. Paul Dresher also used aluminum.
Americangamelan could refer to both instruments and music; the term has been used to refer to gamelan-style instruments built by Americans, as well as...
Javanese gamelan (gamelan jawa) of Central Java and Special Region of Yogyakarta, Balinese gamelan (gamelan bali) of Bali, Sundanese gamelan (gamelan sunda)...
minor role in the oral traditions of Indonesian gamelan but, in Java and Bali, several systems of gamelan notation were devised beginning at the end of...
There are more than 100 gamelan groups in the United States. A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java...
The AmericanGamelan Institute (AGI) is an organization devoted to promoting and documenting all forms of gamelan, the performing arts of Indonesia, and...
Gamelan Pacifica is an American musical ensemble, as well as a non-profit music and dance foundation that focuses on cross-cultural and interdisciplinary...
Gamelan Son of Lion (GSOL) is a new-music Americangamelan ensemble based in New York City. The group was founded in 1976 by Barbara Benary (who constructed...
partner, William Colvig, who are now both considered founders of the Americangamelan movement and world music; along with composers Harry Partch and Claude...
are often found in village gamelan, in Suriname-style gamelan, and in some Americangamelan. In central Javanese gamelan there are three types of bonang...
the Americangamelan used in works such as the puppet opera Young Caeser [sic] (1971), La Koro Sutro (1972), and the Suite for Violin and American Gamelan...
Ethiopian krar and the Indonesian gamelan Philippine kulintang Native American music, especially in highland South America (the Quechua and Aymara), as well...
is an American composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor, and educator. She specializes in traditional and new music for Indonesian gamelan and is...
group of graphic artists and designers AmericanGamelan Institute American Geosciences Institute, formerly the American Geological Institute Associazione Guide...
outside Indonesia, such as Americangamelan and Malay Gamelan in Malaysia. See also New Zealand gamelan Most of the gamelans in Australia are associated...
being played Joel Garten's Beauty of Life Blog – A few examples of bacon slit gongs from Asia, including elephant feet. AmericanGamelan Institute (AGI)...
the library of the AmericanGamelan Institute. Music portal Indonesia portal Gamelan Pesinden Keplok Music of Java "AmericanGamelan Institute Library"...
Western composer to make a musicological study of Bali, and to develop Americangamelan along with fellow composer Lou Harrison. He wrote original music influenced...
in history when that tradition was developed: "Learn the History Behind Gamelan, Indonesian Music and Dance". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2021-12-09. Subramaniam...
interlocking parts in most varieties of Balinese Gamelan music, including Gamelan gong kebyar, Gamelan angklung, Gamelan jegog and others. Kotekan are "sophisticated...
gamyak drum. In West Java, formerly Sunda, has several types of gamelan. Gamelan Degung, gamelan salendro and tembang sunda are three primary types. The Osing...
Gamelan Sekar Jaya is a Balinese gamelan ensemble located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been called "the finest Balinese gamelan ensemble outside...
Gubaidulina: Chaconne, for piano (1962) Lou Harrison: Suite for Violin and AmericanGamelan (1974) Hans Werner Henze: Il Vitalino raddoppiato: ciaccona per violino...
Suite for Violin with AmericanGamelan (1973) Gending Samuel (1976) for Javanese gamelan Gending Pak Cokro (1976) for Javanese gamelan Buburan Robert (1976)...
1967, with whom he helped develop Americangamelan. Composer Jody Diamond, of Pasadena, founded the AmericanGamelan Institute in Berkeley in 1981. Other...
GSJ may refer to: Gamelan Sekar Jaya, an Americangamelan ensemble Girl Scouts of Jamaica (G.S.J.) Girl Scouts of Japan Grade separated junction, a type...
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