French Impressionist composer, Claude Debussy, was fascinated by gamelan music which later inspired him to imitate this music style in his compositions. His piano piece Pagodes is a quintessential example of a gamelan-influenced work with respect to various musical elements. (Piano Society 2011, http://bdgwayangfestival.org/particle_claude.html)
This investigation compares a piano piece by Claude Debussy, and a piece from the popular music genre from Indonesia – Javanese Gamelan.
Impressionism and Indonesian gamelan are evidently two distinguishable cultures: the former is originated from Western Art Music whereas the latter is Non-Western music.
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