Archaic Instruments in Modern West Java: Bamboo Murmurs

by Henry Spiller

Archaic Instruments in Modern West Java: Bamboo Murmurs explores how current residents of Bandung, Indonesia, have (re-)adopted bamboo musical instruments to forge meaningful bridges between their past and present--between traditional and modern values. Although it focuses specifically on Bandung, the cosmopolitan capital city of West Java, the book grapples with ongoing issues of global significance, including musical environmentalism, heavy metal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032299347
• ISBN13: 9781032299341
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages