Performing Faith: Christian Music, Identity and Inculturation in Indonesia

ISBN-13: 9781032238487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 340 str.

Marzanna Poplawska

Opis

This book is a study in music inculturation in Indonesia. It shows how religious expression can be made relevant in an indigenous context and how grassroots Christianity is being realized by means of music.

Spis treści

List of illustrations. Technical notes. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Setting the Scene: Christianity and European Influence in Indonesia. PART I: Java. 2.Institutions and Inculturation: Pusat Musik Liturgi in Yogyakarta. 3.Gamelan Music in the Church. 4.Christian Dramatic Forms. PART II: Flores. 5.The Cultural Context of Christianity. 6.Local Enactments: Pusat Musik Liturgi and Composition Workshops. 7.The Creative Process: Composing Inculturational Music. 8.CONCLUSION. Appendix A: Key Individuals. Appendix B: Liturgy and music notation examples. Appendix C: Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

Marzanna Poplawska holds a Ph.D. degree in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, USA. She has studied and taught in Poland, UK, Indonesia, Ireland, and the United States. Her primary interests encompass the musical traditions of Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Central-Eastern Europe as well as acculturation/inculturation, music and religion, diaspora, and Intangible Cultural Heritage. She is a performer of central-Javanese music and dance. She was the first Polish recipient of Darmasiswa scholarship awarded by the Indonesian government to study Indonesian music, which she studied at the Institute of Indonesian Arts (Institut Seni Indonesia) in Yogyakarta (1995–1997).