Echoes from the East

Echoes from the East: The Javanese Gamelan and its Influence on the Music of Claude Debussy chronicles Debussy's encounter with the music of the gamelan, an ensemble of tuned percussion instruments, at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1889. This book explores the profound effect this event had on his work and style.

Kiyoshi Tamagawa is professor of music at Southwestern University.

Chapter One: Before Debussy: Musical exoticism in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Europe Chapter Two: Debussy, the Age of Empire, and Cultural Appropriation Chapter Three: Early Musical Influences Chapter Four: Debussy and the Gamelan Chapter Five: Gamelan Techniques and Evocations in Works of the 1890s Chapter Six: Piano Works of 1903-1913 and La mer Chapter Seven: Theater Pieces, 1911-1913 and Final Years, 1914-1917 Chapter Eight: Western Composers and the Gamelan since Debussy, I Chapter Nine: Western Composers and the Gamelan since Debussy, II