Bali: Music for the Shadow Play
-
79718
Track Listing
-
10:41
-
24:17
-
32:34
-
43:23
-
54:58
-
63:09
-
73:05
-
84:13
-
917:17
News & Reviews
-
David Lewiston passed away in Hawaii on May 29, 2017, at the age of 88, after an extended illness. The inveterate traveler-musicologist was among the first to release recordings as part of the Nonesuch Explorer Series, which presented indigenous music from around the world, in the late 1960s. His first recording in the series, Music from the Morning of the World, featuring field recordings from Bali, was inducted into the National Recording Registry of "culturally significant" sound recordings in 2008. Here, the musician, producer, and writer Brian Cullman offers a remembrance.
-
About This Album
One of the oldest forms of dramatic art in Bali is the shadow play, or wayang, in which epic stories are told using the shadows of leather puppets projected onto a cloth screen. The plays are accompanied by quartet of gendèrs, percussion instruments made from bronze keys suspended over bamboo tube resonators. Captured here are some of the principle pieces one might hear in a typical play.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Gendèr Wayang from Teges Kanyinan, Pliatan, Bali
Played by Made Grindem, Nyoman Grinding, Wayan Nyampuh, Made LochangPRODUCTION CREDITS
Originally released in 1970
Recorded in Bali by Robert E. Brown
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne
Re-mastered by Robert C. Ludwig
Design: Doyle Partners
Cover Photograph: © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
Additional Photographs: Robert E. Brown
More From
One of the oldest forms of dramatic art in Bali is the shadow play, or wayang, in which epic stories are told using the shadows of leather puppets projected onto a cloth screen. The plays are accompanied by gendèrs, percussion instruments made from bronze keys suspended over bamboo tube resonators. Captured here are some of the principle pieces one might hear in a typical play.
One of the oldest forms of dramatic art in Bali is the shadow play, or wayang, in which epic stories are told using the shadows of leather puppets projected onto a cloth screen. The plays are accompanied by quartet of gendèrs, percussion instruments made from bronze keys suspended over bamboo tube resonators. Captured here are some of the principle pieces one might hear in a typical play.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Originally released in 1970
Recorded in Bali by Robert E. Brown
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne
Re-mastered by Robert C. Ludwig
Design: Doyle Partners
Cover Photograph: © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
Additional Photographs: Robert E. Brown

79718
MUSICIANS
Gendèr Wayang from Teges Kanyinan, Pliatan, Bali
Played by Made Grindem, Nyoman Grinding, Wayan Nyampuh, Made Lochang