Gamelan Saron: Funeral air for the washing of the body, Gending lilit

Gamelan Saron : Air funéraire pour le lavement du corps, Gending lilit Gamelan Saron : Air funéraire pour le lavement du corps, Gending lilit
Music recordings made in Bali (Indonesia) by Louis Berthe and Bernard Yzerdraat, in 1961, 1962 and 1963.
SEAH Identifier
CNRS00814
Item Number (principal identifier)
CNRSMH_I_2013_038_001_03
Original title
Gamelan Saron: Funeral air for the washing of the body, Gending lilit
Vernacular Title
Gamelan Saron : Air funéraire pour le lavement du corps, Gending lilit
Date Created
1961-1963
Place
Indonesia
Annotated Place
Sangsi village, south of Bali island
Population Name (Supplementary Data) /
Balinese
Ethnolinguistic Group
Malayo-Polynesian
Archivist notes
Music recordings made in Bali (Indonesia) by Louis Berthe and Bernard Yzerdraat, in 1961, 1962 and 1963.
Instruments (Original Archival Data)
Gamelan
Archivist Category/Genre
Instrumental music
Collector
Berthe, Louis
Archivist Data Set (collection)
Diversité de la musique Balinaise 1961-1963
Date Acquired
1971
Holding Institution of Original Materials
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Licensing Institution
Sound archives of the CNRS - MUSEE DE L'HOMME
Points of Access/ Accessing Insitutions
CREM-LESC (CNRS, Univ. Paris-Nanterre, France)
URL
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/items/44665/
Metadata Language
French; English
Primary Source Citation
https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/CNRSMH_I_2013_038/
Bibliographic reference
Disque 33rpm :Gamelans de Bali - Musique des dieux, musique des hommes - https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/CNRSMH_E_1965_007_001/
Type of recording
Field recording
Digital Format on Omeka
Wav 48khz-24bit
Time duration
00:03:06
Comment
The Gamelan Saron, funerary orchestra reserved for the three noble castes: Brahmans, Satrya and Wesya, includes bronze instruments to which is added a saron, eight-tube bamboo xylophone. The association of bronzes and bamboo gives this orchestra a velvety timbre strewn with sparkles, a harmony in halftones, from which emanates a quiet charm, a peaceful melancholy.This orchestra is not widely used: we know of no other, to tell the truth, than this belongs to the village of Sangsi, near Singapadu, in the south of the island; but its musicians are called everywhere to enhance the princely funerals, always celebrated with great pomp. The learned music of Saron is played in the enclosure of the house of the dead. The air, or gending, reproduced here is called GENDING LILIT; it is a theme with eight variations; it is performed during the ritual bath of the deceased. Louis Bertha, cf. back of the cover of the disc ""Gamelans of Bali - Music of the Gods, music of Men" (CNRSMH_E_1965_007_001_001_06)
Copyright Information
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 FR
Waveform
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/items/CNRSMH_I_2013_038_001_03/visualize/waveform_centroid/346x130/
Original Physical Format
Magnetic tape; diameter 18cm; speed 19cm/s; Full Track, Mono
Media Type
Audio