1st Edition

Performing Faith Christian Music, Identity and Inculturation in Indonesia

By Marzanna Poplawska Copyright 2020
340 Pages 67 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

342 Pages 67 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

342 Pages 67 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is a study of 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. Through the discussion of indigenous expressions of Christianity, the book presents multiple ways in which Indonesians reiterate their identity through music by creatively forging Christian... Read more

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

Biography

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).