Music of Sunda

The Music of Sunda (Sundanese Music), Sundanese people are indigenous people in the western part of Java, Indonesia. Until the 15th century, the Sunda region of Java was home to a powerful kingdom which remained independent of numerous Javanese empires. As a result, the musical forms of Sunda were profoundly different from those of other areas of the island. Eventually Sundanese music would incorporate Javanese cultural and musical influence, but Sundanese compositions and tuning systems are recognizably different.[1]

Not to be confused with Music of Sudan.
Sundanese boys playing the Angklung in 1918
Music of Indonesia
Various hanging Gongs (gong ageng, gong suwukan, kempul) of Javanese Gamelan in Indonesia
Genres
Specific forms
Regional music

Jacques Brunet, who has recorded gamelan music throughout Southeast Asia including the Sundanese gamelan, provides an in-depth explanation in the liner notes.[2]

Contemporary music

Pop Sunda
Main article: Pop Sunda

Pop Sunda or Sundanese Pop is Indonesian pop music which is a blend of traditional Sundanese music with contemporary western pop music.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Indonesia: Music from West Java". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. "Java: Sundanese Folk Music | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". folkways.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  3. "Indonesia: Sounds like". The Telegrapgh. 27 April 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2016.


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