A house in Bali / Colin McPhee



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1986

A house in Bali / Colin McPhee

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A young American composer, quite by accident, heard some gramophone records of Balinese gamelan music that were to change his life completely. Such was his fascination that he 'wanted to hear every gamelan in the countryside'. This book is an account of his stay in Bali just before the Pacific War. A House in Bali merits republication because of its sympathetic and often amusing account of the author's involvement in Balinese society. While the author's musical interests take up a considerable part of the narrative, music was itself such an integral part of Balinese life that the reader gets an overall impression of life on the island forty years ago. Much has been written on the art of Bali and by artists but this is the only narrative by a musician and stands in its own right as a worthwhile period piece.

Subjects

Music, Balinese Composers--United States--Biography Bali (Indonesia)--Description and travel Bali (Indonesia)--Social life and custom

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Title
A house in Bali / Colin McPhee
Creators
  • McPhee, Colin, 1901-1964
Subject
  • Music, Balinese
  • Composers--United States--Biography
  • Bali (Indonesia)--Description and travel
  • Bali (Indonesia)--Social life and custom
Publisher
  • Oxford University Press, 1986
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1986
Digital Description
application/pdf, 214 p., [32] p. of plates ill.
Table of Contents
  • pt. 1. The port -- Den Pasar -- The house in Kedaton -- Nyoman Kaler -- The masks -- A shadow-play -- The design in the music -- The gods descend -- Kesyur -- Portrait of a prince -- Chetig -- Farewell feast -- pt. 2. The house in the hills -- Durus -- The Temple of the Dead -- Primeval symphony -- The Regent -- Sampih -- Ida Bagus Gede expels the demons -- The story of Sampih continued -- Lapse of time -- Lotring -- The cricket-fight -- The cremation in Saba -- A second departure -- pt. 3. Two years later -- The gamelan of Semara -- The guru -- The Children's Music Association -- The lights in the valley -- Glossary -- Note.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.