DRUMMERS OF THE SULTAN OF BUTON: THE LASTING INFLUENCE OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY ON LOCAL MUSIC TRADITIONS
In 2007, while doing my Bachelor of Arts in musicology, I chose to do fieldwork in a faraway place, gathering my own field data, and above all having a firsthand experience of music in context. I was fascinated with Indonesia and after listening to the 20 CD-series of Indonesian music recorded by Ph...
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Zusammenfassung: | In 2007, while doing my Bachelor of Arts in musicology, I chose to do fieldwork in a faraway place, gathering my own field data, and above all having a firsthand experience of music in context. I was fascinated with Indonesia and after listening to the 20 CD-series of Indonesian music recorded by Philip Yampolsky for Smithsonian Folkways I got in touch with him. He introduced me to Bandung-based musicologist Endo Suanda and his Tikar Media Budaya Organisation,¹ and together we decided to carry out research on the music of one of the most ‘unrecorded’ areas in the archipelago: Southeast Sulawesi. |
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