TY - BOOK ID - 86194915 TI - American gamelan and the ethnomusicological imagination PY - 2021 SN - 0252043383 9780252052262 0252052269 0252085299 PB - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, DB - UniCat KW - Gamelan KW - Ethnomusicology KW - Music KW - Instruction and study KW - History. KW - Indonesian influences. KW - Art music KW - Art music, Western KW - Classical music KW - Musical compositions KW - Musical works KW - Serious music KW - Western art music KW - Western music (Western countries) KW - Gamelang KW - Orchestra KW - Comparative musicology KW - Ethnology KW - Musicology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86194915 AB - This text seeks to answer these questions: Why are there more than 150 gamelans (Indonesian percussion ensembles) in North America, and why are more than half of them associated with American colleges and universities? How and why did gamelan ensembles spark the ethnomusicological imagination? What impact have these ensembles had on college music programs, their local communities, and transnational Indonesian performing arts scenes? How does a lifetime of teaching foreign college students shape the lives of non-American music teachers? ER -