Performing Faith: Christian Music, Identity and Inculturation in Indonesia (SOAS Studies in Music)

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Technical notes
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction
	Terminology
	The phenomenon of inculturation
	Contextualization: the Protestant counterpart of inculturation
	Inculturation in the eyes of Indonesians
Chapter 1 Setting the scene: Christianity and European influence in Indonesia
	History of the Church in Indonesia—from mission Church to indigenous Church
	First attempts at indigenous Christianity
	Bible translations
	Christian songbooks
	Christianity, politics, and the state
	European Christian influence and inculturated music genres (historical account)
	Elements of western Christian musical influence in gamelan music
	Local and analytical music terminology
Part I Java
	Chapter 2 Institutions and inculturation
		Pusat Musik Liturgi—PML (the Center for Liturgical Music)
		Lokakarya or composition workshops and their role
		Music produced at PML: types of songs, musical style
		PML goals
		Publications: MB and other sources
		Vocalista Sonora and the choir phenomenon
		Other institutions
		Duta Wacana Christian University
		Media and their role in inculturation—Radio Immanuel Surakarta
	Chapter 3 Gamelan music in the church
		Part I: Langen Sekar and the Protestant Church
		Bapak Darsono Wignyosaputro (1927–2003)
		Bapak Sigit Astono (born 1958)
		Bapak R. B. Soewarno
		Bapak Rahayu Supanggah (born 1949) and Bapak Martopangrawit (1914–1986)
		Langen Sekar in GKI: Paguyuban Langen Sekar Mudi Rahayu
		Part II: Gamelan and the Catholic Church
		Case study I: Christmas mass
		Case Study II: Bapak Agustinus Surono and his compositions
		Other forms and genres: lesung, macapat, salawatan, Christian pop
		Lesung—Bapak Is Sri and his artistic vision
		Other forms
	Chapter 4 Christian dramatic forms
		Shadow theater
		Wayang wahyu
		Performance practice
		Puppets and stories
		Musical accompaniment
		“Berita Keselamatan”
		Other forms of Christian theater
		Dance and analogous forms
		The future of Christian theater forms
Part II Flores
	Chapter 5 The cultural context of Christianity
		General issues
		Missionaries’ attitudes past and present
		Inculturation and Florenese culture
	Chapter 6 PML on Flores
		The role of PML on Flores
		Lokakarya—its function, format, and method
		Madah Bakti (MB)—songs from Flores
		Possibility of national style and repertoire
	Chapter 7 Creating inculturational music and performance
		Form, text, and melody
		Arrangements
		Composition at work—composers of inculturational songs
		Priests
		Musicians with western music background
		Traditional musicians
		Use of traditional instruments in the church
		Adaptation of traditional rituals
		Case Study: Mata Golo ritual
		Traditional dance and its role in the church
		Spiritual pop music
	Conclusion
		Java and Flores: a comparison of similarities and differences
		Multileveled identity
		Music and identity
		Concluding remarks
Appendix A: Key individuals
Appendix B: Liturgy and music notation examples
Appendix C: Glossary
Bibliography
Index