Javaphilia : : American Love Affairs with Javanese Music and Dance / / Henry Spiller; ed. by Frederick Lau.
Fragrant tropical flowers, opulent batik fabrics, magnificent bronze gamelan orchestras, and, of course, aromatic coffee. Such are the exotic images of Java, Indonesia's most densely populated island, that have hovered at the periphery of North American imaginations for generations. Through clo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Music and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 41 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1: A Tale of Two Expos
- CHAPTER 2: Roots of American "Javas": The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
- CHAPTER 3: Java to Jazz: Eva Gauthier
- CHAPTER 4: "To Make Ourselves Complete": Stowitts
- CHAPTER 5: Man(tle Hood), the Unknown
- CHAPTER 6: More Western than It Sounds: Lou Harrison
- CHAPTER 7: Javaphilia, Then and Now
- Appendix I: The Tuning of the 1893 Gamelan
- Appendix II: Javanese Kraton, Names, and Titles
- Notes
- References
- Index