{"id":2015,"date":"2018-01-21T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/?page_id=2015"},"modified":"2023-07-07T01:19:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T01:19:33","slug":"sekaten-gendhing-and-performance-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/sekaten-gendhing-and-performance-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sekaten Repertoire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The primary subject of this Appendix is the repertoire played on the <em>gamelan sekati<\/em> for Sekaten in Yogyakarta between 1982 and 2017; however, a degree of historical perspective will be introduced to illustrate that this repertoire has been anything but static.<\/p>\n<p>The repertoire performed for Sekaten includes: <em>racikan bonang<\/em> (<em>pathet<\/em>-identifying preludes to <em>gendhing<\/em>); <em>gendhing<\/em> that are specific to this ceremony; <em>gendhing<\/em> that also exist in the present-day, common-practice gamelan repertoire but which, when performed for Sekaten, have special treatments; and <em>gendhing<\/em> that are directly borrowed from the common-practice repertoire. In all cases, the <em>gendhing<\/em> performed for Sekaten are realized in a distinctive style specific to this occasion so that even present-day <em>gendhing<\/em> take on a distinctive musical character.<\/p>\n<p>Our overview of the present-day Sekaten repertoire is centered on a published <em>gendhing<\/em> collection <em>Gendhing-Gendhing Sekaten Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat<\/em> (Susilamadya 2012), a written compilation of basic Sekaten musical knowledge for contemporary Kraton Yogyakarta musicians that takes into consideration the evolving and mostly orally-transmitted performance tradition of Sekaten that they have inherited from previous generations of court musicians. The publication is currently used extensively by Kridhamardawa musicians as a guide during their performances during Sekaten. I will also utilize earlier published and unpublished writings<abbr title='Groneman (1895), Wiraguna (1935), and Toth (1970).' rel='tooltip'>[1]<\/abbr> as well as my own fieldwork observations made while attending Sekaten in 1982, 2007, 2016, and 2017<abbr title='A total of 209 performances of &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; were documented during these encounters.' rel='tooltip'>[2]<\/abbr> to situate the current repertoire, as laid out by Susilamadya, in a wider historic frame.<\/p>\n<p>In the following chart, the contents of Susilamadya\u2019s Sekaten repertoire collection is presented in a way that I feel reflects at least some of the programming constraints and possibilities within which the musicians&#8211;specifically, the players of the <em>bonang sekati<\/em>&#8211;who are making repertoire choices during Sekaten operate. Susilamadya\u2019s collection of <em>gendhing<\/em> does not constitute the totality of today\u2019s Yogyakarta Sekaten repertoire; it is one practicing musician\u2019s effort to compile a resource that includes notations of all the <em>gendhing<\/em> that are today considered specific to Sekaten, as well as a <em>sampling<\/em> of borrowed <em>gendhing<\/em> from the general common-practice gamelan repertoire that have been, or could be, selected for use during Sekaten. Potentially, many more pieces fall into this latter category.<abbr title='During the four Sekaten that I have attended I have documented no fewer than nineteen further common-practice &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; not found in Susilamadya\u2019s collection.' rel='tooltip'>[3]<\/abbr><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 326px;\" width=\"767\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 151px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>RACIKAN BONANG<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>GENDHING<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 119px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>GENDHING<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 131px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>GENDHING<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 105px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>GENDHING<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 151px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Sekaten-Specific<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 119px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Sekaten-Specific<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 131px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Borrowed<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 105px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Borrowed<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pathet<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 151px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>compulsory<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 119px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>optional<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 131px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>unmodified<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 105px; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>modified<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 194px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45px; height: 171px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 8pt;\"><em>lima<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 151px; height: 171px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\">Racikan Pathet Lima<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px; height: 171px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\">Rambu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\">Rangkung<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\">Andhong-Andhong<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\">Lung Gadhung Pel<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 119px; height: 171px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\">Burung Putih\/Sobah*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\">R\u00e9nd\u00e9ng<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\">Yahum\u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 131px; height: 171px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\">Grembyeng<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 105px; height: 171px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45px; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 8pt;\"><em>nem<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 151px; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Racikan Pathet Nem\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">(or Racikan Rambon)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 119px; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Dh\u00e9ndhang Subinah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Orang-Aring<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Ngajatun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Lenggang Rambon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Salatun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Atur-Atur<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Gl\u00e9yung<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Bayemtur<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 131px; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Rangsang Tuban<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Megar Sari (v.1)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Kalong Bali<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Supen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Onang-Onang Manis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Kandhangan (brn)**<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 105px; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Megar Sari (v.2)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Gajah Bengok<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff;\">Kebo Giro (brn)**<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 61px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45px; height: 61px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 8pt;\"><em>barang<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 151px; height: 61px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Racikan Pathet Barang<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">(or Racikan Barang Miring)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px; height: 61px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 119px; height: 61px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Supiyatun<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 131px; height: 61px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Durma Prasaja<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Kumandhang Barang<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Jaka Lola<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Biwadha<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Sobrang Klikip<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Patah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Megar Semu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Raja Pulang<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Luntursih<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Samirana<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Singa-Singa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Winangun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Mares Godheg<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Kenasih<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Sedya Asih<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">[H]usar Mares***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Mares Weni<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Mares Kingkin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Mares Marinir<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Mares Kaptin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Mares Komis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">[Mares Trasminil]****<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 105px; height: 61px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Kenceng<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Tlosor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Kongas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Semirang<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Yao-Yao<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Ngudya Weni<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Wedhi Kengser<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Ngendhuri<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Ricik-Ricik<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Mas Kumambang<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Awun-Awun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Sumirat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Tukung<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Rina-Rina (brn)**<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Bendrong (brn)**<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #008000;\">Bindri (brn)**<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">* Burung Putih dhawah Sobah, while labeled in Susilamadya (2012) as a <em>pathet lima gendhing<\/em>, is categorized in other written sources (Wiraguna 1935, Toth 1970) and performed as (in the Kridhamardawa and Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta recording project) a <em>pathet nem gendhing<\/em>. On the occasions that I heard it performed during Sekaten in 1982 and 2007, it was sometimes preceded by Racikan Pathet Lima, but on other occasions by Racikan Pathet Nem, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">** brn = <em>bubaran<\/em> (or <em>bibaran<\/em>). The playing of a <em>gendhing<\/em> in this formal structure signals the end of an event, such as a day of Sekaten.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">*** This repertoire item appears as \u201cBusar Mares\u201d in Susilamadya (2012), but I have found this <em>gendhing<\/em> as \u201cHusar Mares\u201c in Wiraguna (1935 p.78) and as \u201cGati Usar\u201d in Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (2014 p.81).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">**** This repertoire item appears without a name in Susilamadya (2012), but I have found this <em>gendhing<\/em> with the name \u201cGati Trasminil\u201c in Wiraguna (1935 p.82) and Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (2014 p.78).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are two distinct kinds of repertoire items performed during Sekaten: rhythmically-free, <em>pathet<\/em>-identifying pieces called <em>racikan bonang<\/em>; and rhythmically-rigid pieces called <em>gendhing<\/em>. In the performance of both the player of the <em>bonang sekati<\/em> plays a central but somewhat different role. <strong><em>Racikan bonang<\/em><\/strong> are basically a string of rhythmically-free melodic formulas played on <em>the bonang sekati<\/em>, the final note of each being reinforced by the <em>saron<\/em>-type instruments. This series of melodic formulae is given a general formal shape by structural punctuations performed on the <em>bedhug<\/em>, <em>kenong<\/em>, and the <em>gong ageng<\/em> (however, two other available form-defining instruments\u2014the <em>kempyang<\/em> and the <em>kethuk bendh\u00e9<\/em>\u2014are not utilized). For <strong><em>gendhing<\/em><\/strong>, the <em>bonang sekati <\/em>player guides the rest of the ensemble through a piece\u2019s core melody (<em>balungan<\/em>) two or four notes at a time. Each <em>balungan<\/em> is a prescribed series of pitches, sounded by the <em>saron<\/em>-type instruments, in a rhythmically predictable environment and a named, structurally-rigid formal framework realized collectively by all the punctuating instruments of the <em>gamelan sekati<\/em> (<em>gong ageng<\/em>, <em>kenong<\/em>, <em>kempyang<\/em>, <em>kethuk bendh\u00e9<\/em>, and <em>bedhug<\/em>).<abbr title='Practically all &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; performed for Sekaten can be viewed as being either &lt;em&gt;ladrang&lt;\/em&gt; (with 32-beats per &lt;em&gt;gongan&lt;\/em&gt; divided into four 8-beat &lt;em&gt;kenongan&lt;\/em&gt;) or &lt;em&gt;bubaran&lt;\/em&gt; (16-beat &lt;em&gt;gongan&lt;\/em&gt; divided into four 4-beat &lt;em&gt;kenongan&lt;\/em&gt;).' rel='tooltip'>[4]<\/abbr>\u00a0Additionally, <em>gendhing<\/em> can be and usually are performed at more than one <em>irama<\/em> or tempo-level (this is not so with the <em>racikan bonang<\/em>) and the realization of several <em>gendhing<\/em> require some sort of melodic elaboration upon their <em>balungan<\/em> by the players of some of the <em>saron<\/em>-type instruments.<\/p>\n<p>There are only three <em>racikan bonang<\/em> for Sekaten, one each for the three <em>pathet <\/em>(<em>lima<\/em> [or <em>gangsal<\/em>], <em>nem<\/em>, and <em>barang<\/em>) of <em>laras p\u00e9log<\/em>. Two of these have alternate names: Racikan Nem is sometimes referred to as Racikan Rambon; and Racikan Barang as Racikan Barang Miring. Although few in number, the <em>racikan bonang<\/em> hold a prominent place in Sekaten practice because every <em>gendhing<\/em> performed during the week is preceded by one of them. This prominence is reflected in the above chart by the three colored fields\u2014whenever any of the <em>gendhing<\/em> situated in a given color-field is performed, it will be preceded by that field\u2019s <em>racikan bonang<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A recent recording project (c. 2015) by Kridhamardawa and Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta [Cultural Department of DIY] presents what is considered today by the palace as the core Sekaten repertoire, consisting of sixteen <em>gendhing<\/em> each preceded by its associated <em>racikan bonang<\/em>. This group of <em>gendhing<\/em> matches the first sixteen <em>gendhing<\/em> found in a Kridhamardawa manuscript titled <em>Pratelan Gendhing-Gendhing Sekati<\/em> [<em>List of Gamelan Sekati Pieces<\/em>](Wiraguna 1935) and will be referred to here as the \u201c<strong>Sekaten-specific<\/strong>\u201d repertoire (their names appear in the two columns under this heading in the above chart). All sixteen of these <em>gendhing<\/em> also appear in Susilsmadya\u2019s collection, but he does not group them together as \u201cSekaten specific\u201d. Instead, he places them at the head of their respective group of <em>gendhing<\/em> sharing the same <em>pathet<\/em> association. While the concordances between the above sources suggest the Sekaten-specific pieces might be thought of as fixed and unchanging, other available sources suggest another understanding. A comparison between the present-day core repertoire with those reported in Groneman (1895) and Toth (1970) reveals several discrepancies, suggesting that this repertoire has evolved over time as might be expected in an orally-transmitted tradition such as Sekaten.<abbr title='Additionally, three of these core &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt;--Yahum\u00e9, Ngajatun and Salatun--are credited to the compiler of the Sekaten manuscript, Tumenggung Wiraguna, which would explain why they do not appear in Groneman.' rel='tooltip'>[5]<\/abbr><\/p>\n<p>The sixteen present-day Sekaten-specific <em>gendhing<\/em> are listed below, their names serving as links to the above-mentioned recordings (found on YouTube):<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qiw-Wntd0Lc\">RAMBU<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Lima (performed on K.K. Gunturmadu)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qiw-Wntd0Lc\">RANGKUNG<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Lima (performed on K.K. Nagawilaga)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UTw0_RVNCjU\">ANDHONG-ANDHONG<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Lima (performed on K.K. Gunturmadu)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oi_kwIfoSBI\">LUNG GADHUNG P\u00c9L<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Lima (performed on K.K. Nagawilaga)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dMeMfN4iZ6s\">R\u00c9ND\u00c9NG<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Lima (performed on K.K. Gunturmadu)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9x6hCu-ifmg\">YAHUM\u00c9<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Lima (performed on K.K. Nagawilaga)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pEvvprDjoHk\">BURUNG PUTIH dhawah SOBAH<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Nem (performed on K.K. Nagawilaga)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SiutWkBzyag\">GL\u00c9YUNG<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Nem (performed on K.K. Gunturmadu)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9B36-JblO9o\">LENGGANG RAMBON<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Nem (performed on K.K. Nagawilaga)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NN9OUSw7uIQ\">SALATUN<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Nem (performed on K.K. Nagawilaga)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hsLP_Fele2Y\">DH\u00c9NDHANG SUBINAH<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Nem (performed on K.K. Gunturmadu)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v6lKVKKbjVM\">ATUR-ATUR<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Nem (performed on K.K. Nagawilaga)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B-J4dx8YHvQ\">ORANG-ARING<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Nem (performed on K.K. Gunturmadu)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cxE1SzuU_PM\">NGAJATUN<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Nem (performed on K.K. Gunturmadu)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nJigPsb87eQ\">BAYEMTUR<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Nem (performed on K.K. Gunturmadu)<\/p>\n<p><em>gendhing<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JrxSJw2NWnc\">SUPIYATUN<\/a> preceded by Racikan Pathet Barang (performed on K.K. Nagawilaga)<\/p>\n<p>Of these sixteen core <em>gendhing<\/em>, four are considered particularly central to the identity of Sekaten: Rambu, Rangkung, Andhong-Andhong, and Lung Gadung P\u00e9l. As a group, these four pieces will be referred to here (and in the above chart) as \u201c<strong>compulsory<\/strong>\u201d Sekaten-specific pieces, in large part because they are performed at the beginning of each day of Sekaten in a prescribed order.[FN: <abbr title='Between 8:00PM and 11:00PM, &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; Rambu is played first on K.K. Gunturmadu and then on K.K. Nagawilaga; then, &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; Rangkung is also played twice in a similar fashion; and, finally, &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; Andhong-Andhong is played on K.K. Gunturmadu and &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; Lung Gadhung P\u00e9l on K.K. Nagawilaga.' rel='tooltip'>[6]<\/abbr>] The other twelve Sekaten-specific <em>gendhing<\/em>&#8211;R\u00e9nd\u00e9ng, Yahum\u00e9, Burung Putih <em>dhawah<\/em> Sobah, Dh\u00e9ndhang Subinah, Orang-Aring, Ngajatun, Lenggang Rambon, Salatun, Atur-Atur, Gl\u00e9yung, Bayemtur, and Supiyatun\u2014will be referred to collectively as \u201c<strong>optional<\/strong>\u201d Sekaten-specific <em>gendhing<\/em> because they are not required to be sounded at a specific time or, indeed, at all, during the Sekaten week. Whether they are sounded or not during Sekaten in any given year is entirely dependent on the <em>bonang sekati<\/em> players making repertoire choices.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the sixteen Sekaten-specific <em>gendhing<\/em>, dozens of other pieces borrowed from the large repertoire of the common-practice gamelan (\u201c<strong>Borrowed from General Repertoire<\/strong>\u201d in the chart) will be selected by the <em>bonang sekati<\/em> musicians during the course of a Sekaten week. Susilamadya provides a sampling of forty-seven such pieces that have been or could be selected by the <em>bonang sekati<\/em> players for Sekaten (see the final two columns of the figure above). I have heard many of these pieces performed during the four Sekaten I have attended, plus nineteen further <em>gendhing<\/em>.<abbr title='Two &lt;em&gt;pathet lima gendhing&lt;\/em&gt;: Babar Layar and Brangta Mulya; four &lt;em&gt;pathet nem gendhing&lt;\/em&gt;: Lagu, Raja Manggala, Undhuk, and Jati Kendhang; and thirteen &lt;em&gt;pathet barang gendhing&lt;\/em&gt;: Bima Kurda, Jagung-Jagung, Tebu Sayun, Siring, Prabutama, Hendra Nata, Tunjung Biru, Ayak-Ayak Giyar, Harjuna Mangsah, Dholo-Dholo, Jati Warna, and two pieces I have not been able to name.' rel='tooltip'>[7]<\/abbr>\u00a0This part of the Sekaten repertoire is open-ended, allowing <em>bonang sekati<\/em> players the possibility of introducing common-practice <em>gendhing<\/em> into the Sekaten context if they so choose. The pieces that they choose to borrow can be associated with either <em>laras p\u00e9log<\/em> or <em>laras sl\u00e9ndro <\/em>in the common-practice repertoire, and although the majority of borrowed common-practice pieces are in the 32-beat <em>ladrang<\/em> or the 16-beat <em>bubaran<\/em> forms, sections of larger common-practice <em>gendhing<\/em> with 128-beat gong phrases have also been borrowed.<abbr title='Wedhi Kengser and Tukung in Susilamadya\u2019s collection are two examples of this sort of borrowing; Babar Layar, Undhuk, and Siring, are three further &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; that I have documented that also illustrate this option.' rel='tooltip'>[8]<\/abbr> In the above Sekaten Repertoire chart, I have distributed the borrowed common-practice <em>gendhing<\/em> found in Susilamadya between two columns: \u201c<strong>unmodified<\/strong>\u201d <em>gendhing<\/em> are those that are found in the common-practice repertoire as <em>laras p\u00e9log<\/em> pieces in the <em>ladrang<\/em> or <em>bubaran<\/em> forms, therefore necessitating minimal transformation for use in Sekaten; and \u201c<strong>modified<\/strong>\u201d <em>gendhing<\/em> are either <em>laras sl\u00e9ndro<\/em> pieces in the common-practice repertoire or sections of <em>laras p\u00e9log<\/em> pieces in forms other than <em>ladrang<\/em> and <em>bubaran<\/em>, therefore necessitating a more significant degree of editing to Sekaten-ize them.<\/p>\n<p>One further repertoire matter needs to be mentioned: the place in Sekaten of a group of pieces called \u201c<em>mares<\/em>\u201d (also \u201c<em>mars<\/em>\u201d, \u201c<em>gendhing gati<\/em>\u201d, and \u201c<em>gendhing sabrangan<\/em>\u201d), of which nine are found in Susilamadya (2012). In the common-practice repertoire, <em>mares<\/em> are <em>laras p\u00e9log ladrang<\/em> with a specific drumming pattern (<em>kendhangan sabrangan<\/em>) performed in the loud style (<em>soran<\/em>) in <em>irama satu\/seseg<\/em> (the first of four levels of temporal\/melodic\/structural expansion). As a group there are all told sixty <em>mares<\/em> found in various <em>gendhing<\/em> collections.<abbr title='The Pakem Wirama  manuscript (Kertanegara 1889) includes forty-six &lt;em&gt;mares&lt;\/em&gt;; fifty-three are found in the Kridhamardawa Sekaten manuscript (Wiraguna 1935); and fifty-three in Dinas Kebudayaan DIY (2014). Forty-one &lt;em&gt;mares&lt;\/em&gt; are found in all three of these sources; seven &lt;em&gt;mares&lt;\/em&gt; that are not found in the Pakem Wirama appear in Wiraguna (these were possibly created by Wiraguna, who is credited with the three new Sekaten-specific &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; that appear in the same manuscript); and seven &lt;em&gt;mares&lt;\/em&gt; found in Dinas Kebudayaan do not appear in either the Pakem Wirama or the Sekaten manuscripts.' rel='tooltip'>[9]<\/abbr>\u00a0This group of <em>gendhing<\/em> is viewed as originating in the Kraton Yogyakarta, even if it is unclear exactly when and by whom they were created.<abbr title='Sumarsam  places the origin of &lt;em&gt;gendhing mares&lt;\/em&gt; to the late 19th or early 20th centuries (p. 19), most likely to the reign of Hamengkubuwana VII (r. 1877-1921), a time during which Dutch colonial control over Java was at its peak.' rel='tooltip'>[10]<\/abbr>\u00a0They have a narrow range of application in the artistic life of the palace, used for the regal entry and exit of <em>bedhaya<\/em> and <em>srimpi<\/em> court dancers when the choreography accompaniment is in <em>laras p\u00e9log<\/em>.<abbr title='Sumarsam views &lt;em&gt;gendhing mares&lt;\/em&gt; as a hybridized form of expressive culture, created by Yogyakarta courtiers, that domesticates a powerful symbol of Dutch colonial authority--the military band\u2014for use in the supreme performative emblem of a Javanese ruler\u2019s power--&lt;em&gt;bedhaya&lt;\/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;srimpi&lt;\/em&gt; court dances (pp.20-24).' rel='tooltip'>[11]<\/abbr>\u00a0Recordings of two <em>mares<\/em>&#8211;Kumencar and Main-Main&#8211;performed in this capacity can be heard <a href=\"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/uyon-uyon-hadiluhung-november-26-1982\/\">on this website<\/a> (scroll down to third audio clip &#8220;<strong>Lampah bedhayan:<\/strong> Muncar&#8221;; Kumencar begins at 2:06, Main-Main at 38:23)\u00a0as part of the accompaniment for the <em>srimpi<\/em> Muncar choreography. When resources are available, the <em>balungan<\/em> of these <em>gendhing mares<\/em> are doubled by Western brass, woodwind and, occasionally, string instruments, and multiple Western side drums (<a href=\"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/tambur\/\"><em>tanbur<\/em><\/a>) provide an additional form-defining rhythmic layer to that of the standard <em>kendhangan<\/em>.<abbr title='The two &lt;em&gt;gendhing mares&lt;\/em&gt; Kumencar and Main-Main, performed with Western wind instruments and drums, are heard as part of the accompaniment for Srimpi Pandhelori on the commercially-released recording &lt;em&gt;Yogyakarta: Gamelan of the Kraton&lt;\/em&gt;.' rel='tooltip'>[12]<\/abbr> It is therefore somewhat mysterious why the only pieces found in the Kridhamardawa Sekaten manuscript (Wiraguna 1935) beyond the three <em>racikan bonang<\/em> and the sixteen Sekaten-specific pieces listed above are fifty-three <em>gendhing<\/em> <em>mares<\/em>. I find it highly unlikely that this group of pieces ever had a prominent place in Sekaten performance practice, and speculate that their inclusion in the Sekaten manuscript might have been an effort on the part of its compiler (Wiraguna) to introduce these pieces to Sekaten practice as further options <em>bonang sekati<\/em> players could draw upon when making repertoire choices.<abbr title='Toth  (p. 28) speculates that perhaps either the &lt;em&gt;mares&lt;\/em&gt; had been dropped in favor of other better known &lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; or they were used for occasions other than Sekaten for which the &lt;em&gt;gamelan sekati&lt;\/em&gt; once performed .' rel='tooltip'>[13]<\/abbr> Since across my thirty-five year period of occasional attendances at Sekaten (1982-2017) I have heard only one <em>mares<\/em> played,<abbr title='The musician (Mas Lurah Lokasari, who started his career as a palace musician in the 1930s at about the same time the palace Sekaten manuscript was created) who chose this &lt;em&gt;mares&lt;\/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;gendhing&lt;\/em&gt; Harjuna Mangsah) and led the other musicians in his group through the piece from the &lt;em&gt;bonang sekati&lt;\/em&gt;, in all likelihood chose the piece because of me\u2014he knew I was researching Sekaten and that I was aware that &lt;em&gt;gendhing mares&lt;\/em&gt; were found in the Sekaten manuscript, so his choice to perform Harjuna Mangsah was likely his way of providing me a glimpse of a then (in 1982) defunct practice.' rel='tooltip'>[14]<\/abbr> it is evident that, by the end of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century and into the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century, <em>gendhing mares<\/em> are rarely selected for Sekaten. It will be interesting to see if, going forward, <em>gendhing mares<\/em> are more regularly selected for performance during Sekaten due to the presence of nine of them in the Susilamadya collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The primary subject of this Appendix is the repertoire played on the gamelan sekati for Sekaten in Yogyakarta between 1982 and 2017; however, a degree of historical perspective will be introduced to illustrate that this repertoire has been anything but static. The repertoire performed for Sekaten includes: racikan bonang (pathet-identifying preludes to gendhing); gendhing that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/sekaten-gendhing-and-performance-practice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sekaten Repertoire&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2015","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2813,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2015\/revisions\/2813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}