ABSTRACT
Part II introduced some Indonesian musical processes associated with gamelan music in Cirebon, Central Java, East Java, and Bali, and demonstrated how the same processes result in different musical sounds depending on historical circumstances and social values. The following chapters will examine yet another region—West Java—and some of the Sundanese music that thrives there. The Sundanese people have been embroiled in the same historical forces that shaped the rest of Java; in many ways, however, they have been at the margins of Javanese history. Chapters 5 and 6 cover two Sundanese gamelan styles; Chapter 7 will examine modern developments in Sundanese music and dance.
