Английская Википедия:Gamelan gong gede

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Gamelan gong gede, meaning "gamelan with the large gongs", is a form of the ceremonial gamelan music of Bali, dating from the court society of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, associated historically with public ceremonies and special occasions such as temple festivals.Шаблон:Sfn

Style

Usually performed by a temple orchestra of over forty musicians,Шаблон:Sfnp music written for the gong gede is sedate and graceful, following an andante tempo. It fluctuates in cycles, one fast, one slow, one loud, and one soft. The beat is provided by the largest gong.[1]

Popularity

During their colonization of Bali in the late nineteenth century, the Dutch dissolved the courts. The use of the gong gede became limited to temple music.Шаблон:Sfnp It was later superseded in popularity by gong kebyar, a more up-tempo form of gamelan played with smaller gongs, that originated in Balinese villages in the late 19th century and became widely popular in the 1920s and 1930s.Шаблон:Sfnp

See also

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Examples of recordings of gamelan gong gede:

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