Malaysian Shadow Play and Music: Continuity of an Oral Tradition

by Matusky and Patricia Matusky

The ancient, time-honored art form known as wayang kulit (literally, "leather puppet theatre" or "shadow puppet play") is found in many arts of South-East Asia, including the Malay Peninsula. The present book, an ethnomusicological study focusing on the musical sound and its role in the drama, explores an aspect of wayang kulit hitherto neglected by scholars. Based on interviews and recordings conducted by the author in the villages of Kelantan, as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9676530484
• ISBN13: 9789676530486
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 10.1"