ABSTRACT
The previous chapters have described how a number of persistent, entrenched musical processes are manifest in both the music of the past and the music of the present in Southeast Asia. These processes continue to undergird contemporary musical expressions—even though these modern expressions may sound, on the surface, quite different from older musics. The example of Indonesian music in general, and Sundanese music in particular, illuminates the paradox of musical change: change grows out of continuity, and tradition is as much about the present as it is about the past. As the old saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
