Music from Indonesian Archipelago
2011
Music from Indonesian Archipelago Indonesia’s national motto is ‘Unity in diversity’. The cultural diversity to be found in the Indonesian Archipeligo is well represented by a series of broadcasts to be presented by internet radio station, Radio ArtsIndonesia (www.radio.artsidnonesia.com). This is a ten part series, ‘Music from Indonesia’ is produced by Yayasan Payung Seni Budaya Indonesia which will be heard daily and eight times each week. Almost fifty separate pieces of music will be heard, all from various parts of the archipelago and varying in length from the less than one minute ‘Ratok Solok’, part of a suite of ‘Night Music from West Sumatra’ to’Wayang Banjar’ from South Kalimantan which has a duration of thirtyone minutes. Introducing each segment is music recorded in the field before 1982 by Australian composer, Betty Beath and her husband, David Cox, who add their own commentary and lively descriptions of musicians in Bali and Java followed by Music from Indonesia produce by the Indonesian Society for the Performing Arts (MSPI), in cooperation with Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings Music from Indonesian Archipelago promises to be engaging entertainment as well as an invaluable resource for musician, students and musicologists. The series could be regarded as a colourful act of homage to the artists of a n artistic nation. An introduction to the music of Indonesia During the 1970s Betty Beath and David Cox went to Indonesia to explore the culture and to meet the artists and musicians of that diverse and colourful archipelago.This program presents some of the field recordings that they made, along with commentary by Betty and David
The CDs series, Music from Indonesia was produced by the Indonesian Society for the Performing Arts (MSPI), in cooperation with Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings The Music of Indonesia series. Research and publication are sponsored jointly by the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies of the Smithsonian Institution and the Masyarakat Seni Pertunjukan Indonesia, and funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Series editor: Philip Yampolsky.
Musicians in Bali and Java Betty Beath, composer, pianist and educator, while her husband, David Cox, is an illustrator and author of children's books. Together, they have written song cycles and children's operas. In 1974, they were awarded a joint fellowship by the Australia Council, to gather material for writing and composition in Indonesia. Since then they have developed a strong interest in the music and arts of the Indonesian Archipelago. As a result of this journey, Betty and David have produced a diversity of work. Betty has set as art songs the words of Indonesian poets Goenawan Mohamad, Subagio Sastrowodoyo and Sapardi Djoko Damono. She has also written and recorded orchestral and instrumental pieces, which have been performed and broadcast widely in Australia and in many places overseas. David's children's books set in Bali , 'Miss Bunkle's Umbrella' and 'Ayu and the Perfect Moon', were published by The Bodley Head.
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Together they wrote a one-act music drama for children, The Raja who Married an Angel", an educational book for children, 'Reflections from Bali' and a travel book, 'Spice and Magic'. Betty and David have made many visits to Indonesia. In 1979, they were invited to deliver a lecture entitled 'Attempts at bridging cultures' at the art centre, Taman Ismail Marzuki, in Jakarta. In 1994, they took part in a Trade and Cultural Mission in Jakarta, entitled AUSTRALIA TODAY, INDONESIA 94, where David represented children's authors, and Betty was present for the performance by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra of her Javanese influenced orchestral piece `Asmaradana'. Betty and David arrived in Indonesia armed with tape recorder, camera, sketchbooks and manuscript paper. The Indonesian government was helpful in supplying letters of introduction to artists, poets and musicians., In Bali, they had the very good fortune to meet Cokorde Agung Mas, an expert musician and an authority on gamelan music. For a while they settled in the village of Ubud and absorbed the beauty of the landscape and the beauty of Balinese music. Cokorde May assigned a fine musician, Anak Agung Raka as Betty's teacher in the practice of Balinese gamelan music, but other musicians also took an interest in her musical progress and gave encouragement. On this CD you will hear Raka playing the bamboo flute, a Balinese jam session with Raka and a young man called Alit playing metallophones and Cokorde Mas playing the Balinese drum, as well as a fine peformance of the music of the Legong dance by students of KOKAR, the Balinese conservatorium of music. From the lively musicians of Bali, Betty and David moved to Java to hear the sonorous sounds of the gamelan of the Sultan's palace in Jogjakarta, western music in the Akademi Musik Indonesia and well loved folk songs from the island of Sumatra. Betty and David are deeply grateful to the hospitable people in Indonesia, who showed them great warmth and generosity.
Music of Indonesia CD Series This series has a total of 20 cds which was produced by the Indonesian Society for the
Performing Arts (MSPI), in cooperation with Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings The Music of Indonesia series. Research and publication are sponsored jointly by the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies of the Smithsonian Institution and the Masyarakat Seni Pertunjukan Indonesia, and funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Series editor: Philip Yampolsky. The following is an except from the first CD notes as an Introduction to the series. Indonesia's music is as diverse as its people. Best known abroad are the Javanese and Balinese orchestras generally called gamelan, which consist largely of gongs and other metallophones, but gamelan is only one aspect (albeit an impressive one) of the whole. Solo and group singing and solo instrumental music (played typically on flute, shawm, plucked lute, bowed lute, plucked zither, or xylophone) are found everywhere, and so are ensembles of mixed instruments, as well as ensembles dominated by instruments of a single type (most commonly flutes, drums, xylophones, zithers, or gongs). Much of this music may be termed traditional, in the sense that its scales, idioms, and repertoires do not in any obvious way derive from European/American or Middle Eastern (or other foreign) music. On the other hand, some of the most prominent and commercially successful genres of popular music definitely do derive from foreign sources; but since these are sung in Indonesian, disseminated nationwide through cassettes and the mass media, and avidly consumed by millions of Indonesians, they must certainly be considered Indonesian, regardless of their foreign roots. Finally, along with the indigenous and the clearly imported, there are many hybrid forms that mix traditional and foreign elements in delightful and unpredictable ways.
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The MSPI Music of Indonesia series offers a sampling of this tremendous variety. In selecting the music, we are concentrating on genres of especial musical interest and, wherever possible, will present them in some depth, with several examples to illustrate the range of styles and repertoire. We are also concentrating on music that is little known outside Indonesia (and even, in some cases, within the country), and therefore much of our work is introductory and exploratory. Accurate histories of the genres we have recorded do not yet exist and perhaps never will; studies of their distribution and their variation from place to place have not yet been done. So our presentations and commentaries cannot presume to be definitive; instead they should be taken as initial forays into uncharted territory. Program 1 A. Music for the classical Balinese Legong Dance. Village children sing the song of the Virgin Trance Dance and Betty introduces the story. 02.43 B. Songs Before Dawn: Gandrung Banyuwangi SEBLANG SUBUH Sung by Gandrung Temu and Basuki, accompanied by violins, triangle, kethuk, drums, and gong. Delimoan 9:00 Candra Dewi 18:00 Seblang Lokento 9:50 Recorded in Banyuwangi, 1990 and edited by Philip Yampolsky Program 2 A. A journey to the village of Ubud. Betty introduces musician, Pak Raka, who plays the Balinese bamboo flute. Pak Raka demonstrates pelog scale. 04.24 B. Little-known Forms of Gamelan and Wayang WAYANG SASAK (from Lombok) Overture and beginning of opening scene 11:51 Laju 1:40 Rangsang 1:51 Sekaha Sekar Karya, directed by Dalang Amak Puri Program 3 A. Pak Raka, rice farmer and expert musician, demonstrates the genggong; David describes the `tingklik' (the bamboo xylophone) the Joged Bumbung and Kecak Dances. 07.21 B. Little-known Forms of Gamelan and Wayang JEMBLUNG (from Banyumas, Central Java) Sekar Gadung naik Cikoa 8:28 Dhandhanggula 2:07 Uler Kambang 6:44 Grup Jemblung Sari Budaya, directed by Mad Yusup Program 4 A. We hear the sound of the Kecak Dance: Betty speaks about the village of Ubud, Cokorde Agung Mas and the Mudraswara Foundation Lessons in gamelan music and a Balinese jam session 06.51 B. Little-known Forms of Gamelan and Wayang WAYANG BANJAR (from South Kalimantan) Memucukane [overture] 31:05 Kresna Group, directed by Ki Dalang Ronde
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Program 5 A. Betty describes differences between eastern and western music. A visit to Kokar (the Conservatorium of Bali). A student gamelan plays music of the Legong Dance. 06.27 B. Little-known Forms of Gamelan and Wayang TOPENG BANJAR (from South Kalimantan) Klana 10:25 Kesenian Wayang Kulit Asam Rimbun, directed by Ki Dalang Diman Program 6 A. Jogjakarta, Javanese gamelan music, religion and the shadow puppet play. In the Kraton (the Sultan's Palace) musicians play traditional music. 06.55 B. Night Music of West Sumatra - Saluang i) Padang Magek 6:00 ii)Ratok Koto Tuo 8:21 iii) Ratok Solok :12 iv) Muaro Labuah 3:49 v) Pariaman Lamo 10:59 Performers i,ii,iv) Sawir Sutan Mudo dan Nurasni, vocal; Zaidir Sk, saluang iii).Yunilma (vocal); Amiruddin Datuk Kamuyang, saluang iv) Mariana, vocal; Amiruddin Datuk Kamuyang, saluang Program 7 A David speaks about Affandi, Java's leading painter, and his tree house. An ancient, Javanese love song performed by street musicians of Jogjakarta 05.23. B Night Music of West Sumatra - Rabab Pariaman Degran 5:06 Bukik Kuduang 4:53 Sidi Amir Hosen, vocal and rabab C Music of Nias and South Sumatra - Musik Karo (Gendang Lima Sedalanen) Simalungun Rayat 6:31 Gendang lima sedalanen musicians based in Kabanjahe, Kabupaten Karo; Ngantan Purba, sarune; Pinta Ginting (gendang singindungi), Saksi Ginting (gendang singanaki), Malem Pagi Ginting (penganak), Ngayami Karo-karo (gung). Gula Tualah 7:54 Perkolong-kolong and gendang lima sedalanen musicians based in Kabanjahe, Kab. Karo. Saksi Ginting (sarune), Nggura Ginting (gendang singindungi), Kilo Ginting (gendang singanaki), Ponten Ginting (penganak), Ngayami Karo-karo (gung). Singers: Malem Ukur beta Karo (female singer), Malem Pagi Ginting (male singer) Recorded outdoors in Kabanjahe, 23 November 1990.
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Program 8 A. At the Akademi Musik, Jogjakarta, we meet Teddy Sutadhy, Indonesia's Champion Serioso Singer, who sings a revolutionary song with Betty accompanying. 05.09 B. Night Music of West Sumatra - Dendang Pauah Cuplikan dari kaba Lubuak Sikapiang Pado-pado - Pakok Anam 12:28 Pakok Limo - Malereng 10:58 Lambok Malam 7:27 Program 9 A. Betty introduces three students from North Sumatra, who sing a favourite folksong. 05.53 B. Music of Nias and South Sumatra - Musik Ono Niha [Nias] (Hoho) Hoho Sisambua'a Matona 3:05 Hoho Si Tolu Fanema 5:46 Hobo Ninawuago 2:51 Hoho singers based in Desa Hilisimaetano, Kecamatan Kabupaten Teluk Dalam, Pulau Nias, Kab. Nias. Rawatan Dachi (leader), Nitahagolo Dachi, Fa ewe Manaraja, Faneheli Dachi, Ewada Sochi Laiya, Nitehe Zocho Dachi, Nisawa Zocho Ziraluo. Recorded indoors in Hilisimaetano. 9 June 1991 Hoho Si Tolu Nawua - Hob Maluay Sioliggo 7:46 Hoho singers based in Ds. Bawomataluo, Kabupaten Teluk Dalam, Pulau Nias, Kabupaten Nias. Saraini Bu'ulolo (leader), Bajaro Bu'ulolo,Dohugoa Zagoto, SaneaBu'ulolo,, Honogoi Hondro, NafetaliZagoto,, Aro Haria, Dobalo Fau, Fanekhe Jaro Zagoto. Recorded indoors in Bawomataluo, 30 November 1990 Program 10 A. We talk about composer, Sutanto, students at the Akademi Musik and teachers from Australia and New Zealand. We hear a work by Sutanto and finally, street musicians in Jogjakarta 07.26 B. Music of Nias and South Sumatra - Musik Toba (Gondang Sabangunan & Gondang Hasapi) i) Gondang Haro-haro 4:55 ii) Gondang Parsahadatan Tu Saluhut Sahala Habonaran 3:30 iii) Gondang Malim 5:43 iv) Gondang Si Monang-monang 3:50 v) Gondang Panogu-nogu Horbo Tu Lahatan 3:09 vi) Gondang Arang-arang Dairi 2:50 vii) Gondang Si Bunga Jambu 4:35 viii) Gondang Parumbak-umbak Ni Alogo Bolon 3:10 ix) Pinasa Si Dung-dungon 1:55 x) Si Tapi Tola 4:48 Performers i,iv) Gondang sabangunan musicians based in Parondang (Sosor Tolong), Ds. Pardamean, Simanindo, Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara. Ama ni Hallasson Tamba (taganing), Ama ni Jontiar Manik (sarune bolon), Ama ni Rudi Simarmata (gordang), Ama ni Resta Turnip (hesek). Ogung: Ama ni Saria Situmorang, Hallasson Tamba, Ama ni Ronald Simarmata. Ompu Ramlan Sihaloho. Recorded outdoors in Parondang, 5 June 1991.
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ii),v) Gondang sabangunan musicians based in Medan and in Hutatinggi,Kabupaten Laguboti, Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara. Marningar Sitorus (taganing), Osner Gultom (sarune bolon), Sarikawan Sitohang (gordang), Kalabius "Sapeltek" Simbolon (hesek). Ogung: Berton Gultom, Thomson Sirait, Marsius Sitohang, Jonner Nadapdap. Recorded outdoors in Hutatinggi, 26 November 1990. iii) Gondang sabangunan musicians based in Harian Boho. Kec. Harian. Kab. Tapanuli Utara. Jaliton Ambaritaa (sarune bolon). Guntur Sitohang (taganing) Lasman Simbolon (hesek). Ogung Simalango.Jora Laut Sipangkar Lindung Sagalia Bertua Sitnggang. Recorded outdoors in Harian Boho, 6 June 1991 vi,vii,viii) Gondang hasapi muscians based in Harian Boho Kecamatan, Kabupaten Tapanuil Utara Sotan Sitanggang (saune etek), flora Laut ipangkarr (asapiienfe),Bertua Sitanggang (hasapi doal), Jawanter Sitanggang (garantung), Media Silalahi (sulim), Lindung Saga (hesek) Recorded outdoors in Harian Boho, 6 June 1991 ix,x) Gondang hasapi musicians based in Medan and in Hutatinggi, Kec. Laguboti, Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara. Kalabius "Sapeltek" Simbolon (sarune etek), Marsius Sitohang (sulim), Sarikawan Sitohang (hasapi ende), Marningar Sitorus (garantung). Osner Gultom (hasapi doal), Berton Gultom (hesek). Recorded indoors in Hutatinggi, 26 November 1990 This program is heard on www radio.artsindonesia.com daily and eight times each. For times, please check the daily program schedule on the Radio ArtsIndonesia website Radio ArtsIndonesia is a service of the non-profit Indonesian foundation, Yayasan Payung Seni Budaya Indonesia (Umbrella for the Arts in Indonesian Foundation). The objective of the foundation is to support the arts in Indonesia. The foundation does this through its weekly Newsletter on the Arts, its website, www.artsindonesia.com and Radio ArtsIndonesia .(www.radio.artsindonesia.com). Radio ArtsIndonesia provides a vehicle to the world for Indonesian composers, musical groups, soloist and music from the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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