Bittersweet Sounds of Passage Susan Rubinyi Torsten Feys

Torsten Feys

Girardeau Spann illustrates how the selection process for Supreme Court justices ensures that they will share the political preferences of the elite majority that runs the nation

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Bittersweet Sounds of Passage Susan Rubinyi Torsten FeysAn important presence through centuries of musical and social change, gamelan angklung is a small, four tone bronze keyed ensemble that remains ubiquitous at cremations in Bali. Ellen Koskoff offers a compelling portrait of these little studied orchestras and their members: rice farmers, eatery owners, and other locals who do not see themselves as musicians or what they play as music. Koskoff examines the history, cultural significance, and musical