{"id":248,"date":"2017-01-13T13:20:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T13:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2018-02-19T21:30:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T21:30:50","slug":"k-k-harjamulya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/k-k-harjamulya\/","title":{"rendered":"K.K. Harjamulya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acquired:<\/strong> during the Reign of Sultan Hamengku Buwana VI
\nType of Gamelan:<\/strong> common practice–modernized
\nTuning:<\/strong> p\u00e9log<\/em><\/p>\n

\"harjanegara\"<\/a>
The gend\u00e8r barung<\/em> of the gamelan K.K. Harjanegara. The two gend\u00e8r barung<\/em> of the gamelan K.K. Harjamulya share the same carving motif and color combination.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K.K. Harjamulya (“prosperous glory”) was purchased by the Sixth Sultan during his reign from Raden Tummenggung Kertanegara, his commander of the palace troops.[1]<\/abbr> At that time, K.K. Harjamulya, a pre-modern\u00a0gamelan p\u00e9log<\/em>, was known as K.K. Tummenggung (“tumenggung<\/em>” is a palace rank) and was paired with the gamelan sl\u00e9ndro<\/em> K.K. Riya (“riya” is also a palace rank), which was acquired at the same time and from the same source.[2]<\/abbr>\u00a0K.K. Tummenggung came to be paired with the gamelan sl\u00e9ndro <\/em>K.K. Harjanegara\u00a0by the Eighth Sultan, who had these sets modernized, commissioned new matching casings for both, and renamed K.K. Tumenggung to K.K. Harjamulya. Prior to the pairing of these two sets,\u00a0K.K. Tumenggung was used, along with K.K. Riya, to accompany palace dance and dance drama entertainments, and that appears to have been its primary role throughout the reign of the Eighth Sultan. Since the reign of the Ninth Sultan (1940-1988) the new pairing of K.K. Harjanegara-K.K. Harjamulya has been used in rotation with four or five other sl\u00e9ndro-p\u00e9log<\/em> pairings for uyon-uyon <\/em>Hadiluhung, concerts that celebrate the weton<\/em> of the reigning Sultan and that are broadcast live over the government radio station in Yogyakarta (R.R.I. Yogyakarta). They have also been used to accompany dance (beksan<\/em>), dance drama (wayang wong<\/em>), and shadow-puppet theatre (wayang kulit<\/em>) performances for both private and public palace celebrations.<\/p>\n

The only available source listing the pre-modern instrumentation of K.K. Harjamulya indicates that the set had two\u00a0saron demung<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0four\u00a0saron ricik<\/em>.[3]<\/abbr> This is interesting because a slightly later inventory that details its post-modernization instrumentation lists three saron demung<\/em>, six saron ricik<\/em>, and one saron peking<\/em>, an accounting that corresponds to the current makeup of this gamelan in 2016.[4]<\/abbr>\u00a0This discrepancy cannot be resolved with the available sources, but perhaps when K.K. Harjanegara and K.K. Harjamulya were paired the keys of one saron demung<\/em> and two saron ricik<\/em> of the former set were retuned and transferred to the latter set (the pre-modern K.K. Harjanegara supposedly had four saron demung<\/em> and eight saron ricik<\/em>). The saron peking<\/em> is an addition to K.K. Harjamulya that went unacknowledged in the the earlier source (Kertanegara 1889A), as did\u00a0the additional saron demung<\/em>,\u00a0saron ricik,\u00a0<\/em>and a\u00a0gambang gangsa<\/em>. Prior to its modernization, K.K. Harjamulya included the other standard pre-modern instruments for a gamelan<\/em> p\u00e9log<\/em>–one slentho<\/em>, one each of all three sizes of bonang<\/em>, two\u00a0gend\u00e8r barung<\/em>, two\u00a0gambang kayu<\/em>, one kethuk<\/em>, two kenong jaler<\/em>, one kenong japan<\/em>, one kempul<\/em>, and two gong ageng<\/em>. The modernization of this set during the reign of the Eighth Sultan added to the above the following: one clempung<\/em>, one gend\u00e8r panembung<\/em>, two\u00a0gend\u00e8r penerus<\/em>, four\u00a0kenong jaler<\/em>, four\u00a0kempul<\/em>, three gong siyem,<\/em> and a kempyang<\/em>.[5]<\/abbr> When K.K. Harjamulya is set up together with K.K. Harjanegara for performance, only one gong ageng<\/em> from each set is hung from a common stand. I am not aware of where the other two gong ageng<\/em> are now located or if they are still used with these sets. Conceivably, one or both of them might have been reassigned to other\u00a0sets.<\/p>\n

Prior to the pairing\u00a0of K.K. Tumenggung and K.K. Harjanegara during the reign of the Eighth Sultan, these two sets did not at all look alike. Though both were bright red (abrit sepuh<\/em>) with gold edging and highlight, the carving motif of K.K. Tumenggung<\/a> was a horse\u00a0framed by\u00a0mirong<\/em>\u00a0(wings) over\u00a0sparse vegetation while that of K.K. Harjanegara<\/a> was entirely vegetation. As K.K. Tumenggung became K.K. Harjamulya, its new casings were given\u00a0the decorative motif\u00a0of K.K. Harjanegara. However, their new identically carved casings were not given the same base color. According to a palace manuscript from the 1940s[6]<\/abbr>, K.K. Harjanegara was its current color (sawo mateng<\/em>), K.K. Harjamulya a vibrant rich blue<\/a> (biru sepuh<\/em>), both sets with gold highlight against a red background. As recently as the early 1990s they were\u00a0still\u00a0painted these\u00a0colors, but by 1999 K.K. Harjamulya had been repainted sawo mateng<\/em> to match K.K. Harjanegara.\u00a0The new casings made during the reign of the Eighth Sultan for the gend\u00e8r<\/em>-instruments of these two sets are nearly identical to\u00a0those of\u00a0the gamelan pusaka<\/em> K.K. Kancilbelik, with the only significant difference beyond their base colors being that the figural motif of a mouse deer in a pond on the\u00a0K.K. Kancelbelik gend\u00e8r<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0not found\u00a0on Harjanegara-Harjamulya. The rest of the new (and current) casings of K.K. Harjamulya are characterized by vegetation motifs (lunglungan<\/em>) that on many panels are carved all the way through the wood. This adds a spectacular three-dimensional quality to the casings. Included on the front boards of the gend\u00e8r<\/em>-type instuments is the royal emblem<\/a> of the Eighth Sultan. In recent years caps that also feature the Hamengku Buwana lambang<\/em><\/a> (without the numeral “8”) have been added to the cross beams of all the gong racks (gayor<\/em>) of both of these gamelans.[7]<\/abbr><\/p>\n

Two short audio examples of K.K. Harjamulya are provided, the first exemplifying its sound when played in the robust soran<\/em> style (involving only its saron<\/em>-, bonang<\/em>-, gong-, and kendhang<\/em>-type instruments), the second its sound in the calmer and dynamically softer lirehan<\/em> style (for which its entire instrumentation plus male and female singers are involved).<\/p>\n

Inventory:
\n<\/strong>gong ageng<\/em> (2)
\ngong siyem\/suwukan<\/em> (3)
\nkempul<\/em> (6)
\nkenong jaler<\/em><\/a> (6)
\nkenong japan<\/em><\/a> (1)
\nkethuk<\/em> (1)
\nkempyang<\/em> (1)
\nbonang penembung<\/em><\/a> (1)
\nbonang barung<\/em><\/a> (1)
\nbonang penerus<\/em> (1)
\nsaron demung<\/em><\/a> (3)
\nsaron ricik\/barung<\/em><\/a> (6)
\nsaron peking<\/em> (1)
\nslentho<\/em><\/a> (1)
\ngend\u00e8r penembung\/slenthem<\/em><\/a> (1)
\ngend\u00e8r barung<\/em><\/a> (2)
\ngend\u00e8r penerus<\/em> (2)
\ngambang gongsa\/gangsa<\/em><\/a> (1)
\ngambang kayu<\/em> (2)
\nclempung\/celempung<\/em> (1)
\nkendhang ageng\/gendhing<\/em> (1)
\nkendhang ketipung<\/em> (1)
\nkendhang alit\/batangan<\/em> (1)
\nsuling<\/em> (1)
\nbendh\u00e9<\/em> (general use instrument shared with other gamelans)
\nbedhug<\/em> (1, shared with K.K. Harjanegara)
\nrebab<\/em> (general use instrument shared with other gamelans)
\nsiter<\/em> (general use instrument shared with other gamelans)
\nkemanak<\/em> (general use instrument shared with other gamelans)
\nkec\u00e8r<\/em> (general use instrument shared with other gamelans)
\nkeprak<\/em> (general use instrument shared with other gamelans)
\ntambur<\/em> (general use instrument shared with other gamelans)<\/p>\n

Audio and Video Clips:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Audio 1<\/a> [excerpt of\u00a0g<\/em>endhing<\/em>\u00a0Lung Gadhung, from Javanese Court Gamelan, Vol. III<\/em>. One CD, Nonesuch 79722-2, track\u00a02.]<\/p>\n

Audio 2<\/a>\u00a0[excerpt of g<\/em>endhing<\/em> Rangu-rangu, from Javanese Court Gamelan, Vol. III<\/em>. One CD, Nonesuch 79722-2, track 4.]<\/p>\n

<\/a>
The gamelans K.K. Harjanegara and K.K. Harjamulya set up in Bangsal Kasatriyan in December 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acquired: during the Reign of Sultan Hamengku Buwana VI Type of Gamelan: common practice–modernized Tuning: p\u00e9log K.K. Harjamulya (“prosperous glory”) was purchased by the Sixth Sultan during his reign from Raden Tummenggung Kertanegara, his commander of the palace troops. At that time, K.K. Harjamulya, a pre-modern\u00a0gamelan p\u00e9log, was known as K.K. Tummenggung (“tumenggung” is a … Continue reading “K.K. Harjamulya”<\/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-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248","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=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2220,"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions\/2220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetter.sites.grinnell.edu\/gamelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}