![]() For Sapto and those who work with him, gamelan is notjust a set of instruments, but a musical world that encompasses tools, musical structures, social processes and spiritual sensibilities. He envisions a world of “gamelan lovers” at an annual international gathering of gamelan groups coming together to share music and ideas, to play together and to recognize each other’s presence in the development of the global gamelan tradition. Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival 199’1 Jody Diamond with Epilogue by Sutanto “Gamelanis a spirit, not an object,”says Sapto Raharjo, “the instruments are just the medium.” His definition of gamelan is a significant extension of the usual “gong-chime orchestra that originates in the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali.”As the director of the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival,Sapto has made quite an impact on the definition of gamelan, both in Indonesia and abroad. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
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