Links and resources
Bibliography
Becker, Judith: Traditional Music in Modern Java. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1980.
Brinner, Benjamin: Knowing Music, Making Music: Javanese Gamelan and the Theory of Musical Competence and Interaction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Lindsay, Jennifer: Javanese Gamelan. 2nd.ed. Kualalumpur: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Perlman, Marc: Unplayed Melodies: Javanese Gamelan and the Genesis of Music Theory. University of California Press; 1 edition, 2004.
Sorrell, Neil: A Guide to the Gamelan. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1990.
Sumarsam: Gamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Java. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Internet (General Introduction to the Gamelan):
sumarsam.web.wesleyan.edu/Intro.gamelan.pdf
www.gamelan.org/balungan/bal9-10pdf/1-Supanggah_Gatra.pdf
www.carnatica.net/javanesemusic.htm
www.seasite.niu.edu/indonesian/budaya_bangsa/Gamelan/Main_Page/main_page.htm
www.medieval.org/music/world/java.html
muse.calarts.edu/~drummond/gamelanGlossary.pdf
Gamelan organisations:
Good Vibrations - Developing Life & Work Skills Through Art: http://www.good-vibrations.org.uk/
Indonesian Embassy, London: www.indonesianembassy.org.uk
American Gamelan Institute: www.gamelan.org
Institut Seni Indonesia, Surakarta: www.isi-ska.ac.id
The Balinese & Javanese Research Archive: http://www.bajra.org/
The British Gamelan Trail: http://www.sea-arts.net/projects_british.html
Gong Festival: http://www.gongfestival.co.uk
Virtual Gamelan:
Wells Cathedral School Virtual Gamelan: www.imusic.org.uk/modulegamelan.asp | tre.ngfl.gov.uk/pdf/13089.pdf
Monkey C - Alternative Gamelan: www.monkeyc.org/play.html
Notation:
Free and downloadable cipher notation compiled by Barry Drummond: http://www.gamelanbvg.com/gendhing/index.html
Introduction to Cipher Notation: homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~jjordan/gamelan/notation.html
Uk / Ireland-based Gamelan groups & programs:
Southbank Gamelan Players, Ensemble in Residence at Southbank Centre: www.sbgp.org.uk
Oxford Gamelan Society: http://bate.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ogs1.html
Cambridge Gamelan: http://www.cambridgegamelan.org.uk/
Laras Laris (Gadhon and Cokekan Performing Group): http://www.myspace.com/laraslaris
Gamelan Sekar Enggal - Music from Sunda (West Java): http://www.sekarenggal.co.uk/
The Berkshire Gamelan: http://www.dally.org.uk/gamelan.htm
Durham Gamelan: http://www.musicalmetal.com/
Newcastle-upon-Tyne -'Gamelan At Work': http://www.gamelanatwork.com/
Gamelan Sekar Petak: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~nfis1/gamesp.htm
Gamelan Ireland: http://www.gamelanireland.com/
Gamelan Naga Mas: http://www.nagamas.co.uk/
Lilacita (Balinese Gamelan): http://www.lilacita.com/
Balinese Dance: http://www.balinesedance.org/
SEA Arts: http://www.sea-arts.net/
The Hampshire Gamelan: http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/hms/hms-world-music/hms-world-gamelan.htm
Lincoln City Gamelan: http://www.firebirdtrust.co.uk/content/blogcategory/19/32/
Gamelan North: http://www.soundwave.org.uk/gamelan/gamelan-north.html
Cardiff Gamelan: http://artsactive.org.uk/cardiffgamelan/
Cheltenham Gamelan: http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/gamelan
Nottingham Gamelan: http://www.artbeatprojects.com/nottingham_gamelan.htm
Galway Gamelan: http://www.soundscapemusicproject.com/music/gamelan/index.html
Dartington Community Gamelan: http://www.dartington.org/arts/events.html
To update or add links, please contact Sophie Ransby, Gamelan Advisor on sophie.ransby@southbankcentre.co.uk or Tel: 020 7921 0767.
