![]() ![]() ![]() In the revival, a pair of drummers play double-headed conical drums called kendang arja. They bring with them a musical system (tuning, mode, rhythm, melody), an approach that initially stands out among mainstream musical systems as an ‘articulation of difference.’ One such articulation is the current revival of traditional Balinese theater drumming that has been building momentum since the fall of the New Order. ![]() In the case of the later, knowledgeable culture bearers attempt to fuse temporal boundaries to create tradition, and represent authenticity. Revivalists are often stalwart traditionalists but they may also seek out musical remnants from archival recordings or living ‘core revivalists’ in search of both authenticity and innovative ideas (Livingstone 1999:70). These restatements revivalists make through teaching musics in various established and new contexts are simultaneously their reinventions of tradition (Keister 2008:240- 241). When a degenerated and marginalized genre or style is resuscitated, it is the efforts of revivalists, among others, who restate its value and worth for a new generation (Jones 2007:84-89). Revivalism may be considered, in part, a sociological response to musical impoverishment. ![]()
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