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Ki Nartosabdho
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Ki Nartosabdho, born Sunarto, was a dalang, a puppeteer of the Javanese shadow play wayang kulit, and an extremely prolific composer. He began in 1945 as a drummer with a theatre troupe in Semarang and learned puppetry by watching closely. A radio broadcast in 1958 made him known throughout Indonesia. He wrote hundreds of gending, pieces for gamelan, in a lively Semarang style.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to Goyang Semarang: hear how the gongs divide the piece into fixed cycles, while the voice and drum move playfully through them.
Goyang Semarang - Sl.9 · Ki Nartosabdho, 1989
Panca Indera · Ki Nartosabdho, 2024
Slendhang Biru · Gondrong Gunarto & Ki Nartosabdho, 2023
Discography
Studio albums
- 1990Pang pung
- ?Laras maja