Gamelan Gambuh

Gamelan Gambuh Gamelan Gambuh
Music recordings made in Bali (Indonesia) by Louis Berthe and Bernard Yzerdraat, in 1961, 1962 and 1963.
SEAH Identifier
CNRS00816
Item Number (principal identifier)
CNRSMH_I_2013_038_001_05
Original title
Gamelan Gambuh
Vernacular Title
Gamelan Gambuh
Date Created
1961-1963
Place
Indonesia
Annotated Place
Batuan Village (to be verified with CNRSMH_E_1965_007_001_001_04 registration)
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
Funeral music
Collector
Yzerdraat, Bernard
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/44670/
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
00:01:20
Comment
The Gambuh is the oldest Balinese theatre: it appears, in the 14th century, probably imported from Java. The themes of this theater are the great myths of the cycle of Pandji, the cultural hero of the Balinese as well as the Javanese The characteristic instruments of the orchestra are long straight flutes with headband, suling gedé, and a rebab, a vertical two-stringed violin, whose timbres are associated with bronze metallophones, small cymbals and double-membrane drums. Gamelan Gambuh music is striking: the volume of the sound, the vibration of the flutes, the harsh dissonances, are of an archaic and powerful beauty, unique in all Balinese music.The two recordings that we give here were made in Batuan, where one of Bali's most renowned Gambuh has long been located. 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_04 or 001_05)
Copyright Information
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 FR
Waveform
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/items/CNRSMH_I_2013_038_001_05/visualize/waveform_centroid/346x130/
Original Physical Format
Magnetic tape; diameter 18cm; speed 19cm/s; Full Track, Mono
Media Type
Audio