Lou Harrison: Gamelan Music

[@kaljic1]

I had the honor of regularly seeing and meeting Lou Harrison on a regular basis when he taught at San Jose State back in the day as he was entering the building of a class I was attending.

[@dion1949]

When I wrote my master's thesis on orientalism in Western classical music, gamelan music gave me a way to end on a positive note.

[@bill291212]

I was sitting here playing my my phone sending emails and whatnot and my TV was on the “light classical” channel on Music Choice. When I put this phone down and realized how good I felt I looked up and it was this! It sure “fucked” me up, beautiful.

[@rodolfoacostar]

I've always had mixed feelings regarding Harrison's compositions, but his work with gamelan is so gorgeous... Thanks for sharing!

[@matthewbrazil1]

Great music to study by.

[@hankdusommeil1065]

Fantastic, thank you!

[@jedtulman46]

I met Lou at CalArts in 1980

[@briancornish2076]

I have come here from Leopold Godowsky's Java Suite (1925).

[@satyananda4389]

Great Javanese gamelan👌

[@dion1949]

If there is such a thing as fractals in music, it would have to be gamelan music.