VISST 2744

Gamelan in Indonesian History and Cultures

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course combines hands-on instruction in gamelan, Indonesia's most prominent form of traditional music, and the academic study of the broader range of music found in contemporary Indonesia, including Western-oriented and hybrid popular forms. Students thus engage with music directly, and use it as a lens to examine the myriad social and cultural forces that shape it, and that are shaped by it.

Course Attribute (CU-ITL, EC-SEAP)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, LA-AS)

When Offered Fall.

Comments No previous knowledge of musical notation or performance experience required.

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