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He is the composer of the "Bengawan Solo," famous song throughout Indonesia, Japan, part of Asia, and some other countries. The song is almost synonymous with the kroncong style of Javanese music. Martohartono was most commonly known simply as Gesang. Gesang was born in Surakarta (Solo), Indonesia.
"Bengawan Solo" (lit. "Solo River") is an Indonesian song written by Gesang Martohartono in 1940. The song is a description of the longest river in Java, Solo River.The song became popular in Indonesia during the Second World War and was one of the songs promoted nationally in the newly-independent country after the war.
The Music of Java embraces a wide variety of styles, both traditional and contemporary, reflecting the diversity of the island and its lengthy history.Apart from traditional forms that maintain connections to musical styles many centuries old, there are also many unique styles and conventions which combine elements from many other regional influences, including those of neighbouring Asian ...
Dhalang plays the wayang.. Sulukan normally refers to mood setting songs by a puppeteer in Javanese wayang ("puppet") performances in Indonesia.The term can also refer to the pathetan pieces played before and after gamelan pieces in a non-wayang context, [1] and to mystical poetry relating to the doctrinal meaning of the term sulook.
There are different types of Gamelan orchestras. The most recent development in Suriname's Gamelan music is the inclusion of western musical instrument in a Gamelan orchestra. [7] Pop Jawa. In modern Javanese music, Pop Jawa has become very mainstream. Pop Jawa consists of western instruments mixed with Javanese vocals.
The most ancient and sacred song is the Bedhaya Ketawang. When the bedhaya dancers appear on stage, in Yogyakarta it was accompanied by an ayak-ayakan; in Surakarta, it is only accompanied by a pathetan known as pathetan bedhaya, which has lost much of the rhythmic freedom associated with pathetan s to fit better the stride of the dancers. [10]
Javanese style court dance and music were, therefore, introduced at the Istana Kuning (the Yellow Palace), the Penyengat palace, the music being that of the gamelan and the dances consisting mainly of the Serimpi and Bedaya, the main classical dances of the central Javanese courts. [10] [11] The 19th-century Riau-Lingga empire was vast.
Koplo or dangdut koplo is a subgenre of dangdut, Indonesian popular dance & folk music, that originated in East Java during the early 2000s. The genre gets its name from the slang term "koplo" which refers to a hallucinogenic drug that is sold cheaply in Indonesia.