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A House In Bali [Illustrated Edition]
A House In Bali [Illustrated Edition] | Colin McPhee
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Includes 39 photographs taken by the author during his time in Bali. A young American composer, quite by accident, heard some gramophone records of Balinese gamelan music that were to change his life completely. Such was his fascination that he wanted to hear every gamelan in the countryside. This book is an account of his stay in Bali just before the Pacific War. A House in Bali merits republication because of its sympathetic and often amusing account of the authors involvement in Balinese society. While the authors musical interests take up a considerable part of the narrative, music was itself such an integral part of Balinese life that the reader gets an overall impression of life on the island. Much has been written on the art of Bali and by artists but this is the only narrative by a musician and stands in its own right as a worthwhile period piece.
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The author's reminiscences of his time living in Bali in the 1930s. It felt disjointed rather than a connected narrative, and although richly descriptive, I found it difficult to pin down the soundscape he was obviously impressed by beyond my own memories of Balinese gamelan in the 1980s and 1990s, which is probably not the way it sounded in the 1930s. A pity there couldn't be an accompanying soundtrack.

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Kshakal
House in Bali | Colin McPhee
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Bali is my number 1 bucket list trip!! #farfromhome #jamminjune @Eggs

Eggs Gorgeous 👏🏻👏🏻 4y
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GatheringBooks
House in Bali | Colin McPhee
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#AMonthOfSongs Day 24: #ThankUNext Bali. You were wonderful. We go back home to Singapore today. Ten days just flew by.

OriginalCyn620 Awesome! 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
Kalalalatja Lovely! 5y
Redwritinghood Looks like a really wonderful vacation! 5y
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