- Description
This is the first in a three-part series documenting the Indonesian gamelan tradition of the four princely courts of the neighboring cities of Yogyakarta and Surakarta. While the cities were once intense stylistic rivals, intermarriage between formerly competing political families kindled exchange between them, resulting in the sound that is now associated with the Paku Alaman court featured here.
This is the first in a three-part series documenting the Indonesian gamelan tradition of the four princely courts of the neighboring cities of Yogyakarta and Surakarta. While the cities were once intense stylistic rivals, intermarriage between formerly competing political families kindled exchange between them, resulting in the sound that is now associated with the Paku Alaman court featured here.