... of my working vocabulary." (Schwarz, 1995; p.13-14). Reich, Harrison and McPhee were the first of many of what we might call "modern composers" to use gamelan in western composition. They started a tradition that is being carried out by the composers of today and will continue to be ... Windha titled Kekembangan and Aneh Tapi Nyata (both available on New World Records 80430-2). "The singer in Aneh Tapi Nyata laments the rootlessness of the modern west, and asks the Balinese for their leftover sacred offerings" (Perlman, 2000; p.1). Both Aneh Tapi Nyata and another composition, Tire Fire...

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