Benamou, Marc - RASA
search
  • Benamou, Marc - RASA

Benamou, Marc - RASA

Catalogue No: 9780195189438
Product FormatBook
£67.00
Printed on demand, typically dispatched in 3-4 weeks
Rasa is the most thorough treatment to date of this all-important concept at the heart of Javanese aesthetics. Rasa encompasses not only mood and intuition, but also theories of musical perception and cognition, as well as meaning and expression in music.

CONTENTS

Preface
Technical Notes
1. The Musical Scene in Solo
2. The Taste of Music: Rasaning Gendhing
3. The Classification of Rasa Gendhing
4. : Having Rasa, Part 1: Linguistic and Cultural Perspectives
5. Having Rasa, Part 2: Musicianship
6. The Communication of Rasa, Part 1: General Considerations of Expression and Perception
7. The Communication of Rasa, Part 2: Garap and Other Factors Contributing to Specific Rasas
8. Why Rasa Talk Matters
Appendix A: Classifications of Rasa Gendhing from Oral and Written Sources
Appendix B: How Irama Works
Glossary
Bibliography
Dictionaries and Glossaries
Corpus: Works Having Citations of Rasa Terms as Used by Javanese Experts in Music and Related Arts
General Works
Discography of Recordings Referred to in the Text
Index
SeriesAMS Studies in Music
9780195189438