Edward Herbst: Lindstroem in Bali
Posted on 21. Mai, 2010 by Christiane Hofer in Künstler, Lindström, Produktionsgeschichte
Edward Herbst, composer and ethnomusicologist, made his first visit to Bali in 1972, spending one year studying gendér wayang with I Made Gerindem in Teges Kanginan, gong-smithing practices and acoustics in Tihingan, Klungkung, and the relationship between gamelan and dance theater in Batuan and various other villages. He and Beth Skinner, who was studying mask dance theater, lived in Batuan, in the home of I Nyoman Kakul, master of gambuh, baris, and topéng. In 1980-81, Herbst and Skinner spent fifteen months in Bali. The main focus of Herbst’s research was vocal music, and its relations to gamelan, dance and theater characterization, within varied social, religious, and environmental contexts. His work on arja dance opera took place in the village of Singapadu. Herbst returned to Bali for four months in 1992 to complete research for a book, Voices in Bali: Energies and Perceptions in Vocal Music and Dance Theater (Wesleyan University Press). PLEASE LEARN MORE >>>> Lindström in Bali Lindström Bali 1928 Part 2
