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1. radiOM.org - New Music America 1981: A Concert of New Gamelan Music [5.052% Popularity: 0.00000]

New Music America: 1981: A Concert of New Gamelan Music Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 68 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) From a recording made on June 13, 1981 in San Francisco, as part of the New Music America Festival, this is a concert of new gamelan music by Lou Harrison, K. R. T. Wasitodipuro, and others. Lou Harrison’s music is known for its original and sensitive use of percussion and employment of just intonation. It also is widely appreciated for its lyricism and assimilation of techniques from East and West, as is clearly evident in the pieces heard here that incorporate Western instruments such as the harp, flute and trumpet with the traditional gamelan. These works are performed on two sets of gamelan instruments designed and largely built by William Colvig. They are the Gamelan Si Betty, named for Betty Freeman who made possible its construction, and Gamelan Si Darius, named after composer Darius Milhaud. The clarity of the sound and...

2. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity The Music of Claude Ballif [5.066% Popularity: 0.00000]

... ; Robillard, Louis ; Ravier, Charles ; Martin, Jean, 1927- Recording Date: ...