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Encyclopedia > Barbara Benary

Barbara Benary is an American composer and ethnomusicologist specializing in Indonesian and Indian music. In 1976 she co-founded Gamelan Son of Lion with Philip Corner and Daniel Goode; she also constructed most of the group's instruments. She is married to the woodwind player and instrument designer Steven Silverstein.


References

  • Barbara Benary's website (http://members.fcc.net/fiddler4/barbara/)



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BIGpedia - Gamelan - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (921 words)
Direct homages to gamelan music are to be found in works for western instruments by Béla Bartók, Olivier Messiaen, Colin McPhee and Benjamin Britten.
In more recent times, American composers such as Barbara Benary, Lou Harrison, Dennis Murphy, Michael Tenzer, Evan Ziporyn, Daniel James Wolf and Jody Diamond as well as Australian composers such as Peter Sculthorpe, Andrew Schultz and Ross Edwards have have written several works with parts for gamelan instruments or full gamelan ensembles.
I Nyoman Windha is among contemporary Indonesian composers that have written compositions using western instruments along with Gamelan.
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