Article
The Arabic Aesthetic in Indonesian Islam
The World of Music
(2005)
Abstract
Islamic musical arts in Indonesia both reflect and project contemporary identity politics in the world's most populous Muslim country. The recited Quran is the major vehicle for Arab musical aesthetics in Indonesia. A range of Indonesian sacred musics may be identified related to this very musical, ritual performance. Including Arabic language tawashih, a popular Islamic Malay song genre, the qasidah, the Western-influenced akapela, and gamelan dakwah. As Indonesia negotiates its way through the process of democratic reform and development (pembagunan), expressions of religious and cultural identity, whether global or local, traditional or modern, are played out and performed through Islamic musical arts, or what Indonesians refer to as "seni musik Islam."
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Publication Date
2005
Citation Information
Anne K. Rasmussen. "The Arabic Aesthetic in Indonesian Islam" The World of Music Vol. 47 Iss. 1 (2005) p. 65 - 89 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anne-rasmussen/52/