Puspawarna
Puspawarna (ꦥꦸꦱ꧀ꦥꦮꦂꦤ;
ketawang in slendro pathet manyura. Thus the full title of the piece often given as Ketawang Puspawarna Laras Slendro Pathet Manyura. Manyura, the final pathet in a wayang
performance, is said to evoke a mood of ripeness or fulfillment.
Both text and melody are attributed to Prince
Paku Alaman
.
A recording of Puspawarna by the court gamelan of
Java: Court Gamelan (originally released in 1971). According to the note by Brown in the reissued version of that CD, "Puspawarna" was one of Carl Sagan's favorites on the record.[1]
References
- ISBN 978-0345283962.
Further reading
- Brown, Robert E. Notes to Java: Court Gamelan. Reissued edition. New York: Nonesuch 79719-2, 2003.
External links
- Kepatihan notation for the balungan of Puspawarna
- Recording of Puspawarna by Gamelan Nyai Saraswati, University of North Carolina
- program notes and a translation
