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Tembang Macapat in Central Java

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1983

Sri Hastanto
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One of the most important poetic forms in Java is inseparably connected with melody: the form known as tembang. Tembang have always been sung, never spoken. The word ‘tembang’ itself is used in two senses: it refers both to a broad category of verse-forms and to the various melodies associated with them. There are very many different types of versification which come under the general heading ‘tembang’, but the three most important are tembang gede, tembang macapat and tembang tengahan.

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Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association , Volume 110 , 1983 , pp. 118 - 127
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal Musical Association and the Authors

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