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Sheet Music: ScoreSun music II : for orchestra / Peter Sculthorpeby Peter Sculthorpe (1969)
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Sun Music II 'Ketjak' The basis of Ketjak was written in
1968 as additional material to the Sun Music series, for Robert
Helpmann's presentation of the Sun Music Ballet. Ketjak is the
word for a Balinese circular dance which evolves from the vocal
and rhythmic accompaniment to the trance-ritual sanghyang. The
Ketjak is often given the more colloquial name 'monkey-dance'; it
is performed only by men, who imitate the sound of gamelan in
their singing, which is ecstatic in character. Although
Sculthorpe drew his rhythmic and textual ideas from the Balinese
prototype, in no way does his composition attempt to imitate the
Indonesian, but remains content to reflect the composer's
interest in Asia as opposed to Europe for his source of
inspiration.
Sun Music II was written for the 1969 Sydney Promenade
Concerts. Peter Sculthorpe
Published by: Faber Music [0571503071] — 1 score (19p. -- Non-standard page size)
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 6 mins
First performance by Sydney Symphony, John Hopkins — 22 Feb 69. Sydney Promenade Concerts
Typeset edition.
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