Abstract

Tome I : Gong : 20 years of research presents the 5 volumes, the research (Bali, then Java & Sunda), and 2 not included publications. Tome II : Music from Bali to Java, the order and the feast (book+CD, ed. Actes Sud/Cite de la musique) ; gamelan = collective instrument ; musical and cultural styles of Bali, Java & Sunda compared. Tome III : Gamelan, acoustic architecture , web site, paper version + CD Rom multimedia interactive (ed. Cite de la Musique) ; valuable parameters for analysis ; creation of a concentric musical notation revealing the mandala musical structure around the gong, and its cultural basis. Tome IV : Tabuh, tawur, returning the sound, reversing the spell. Sounding rod, cosmogony and structures of the offering . Relation between music and the mandala-cosmogram's symbolism ; discovering of the same structure (concentric and reversion) in music, ritual sacrifice and meditation (tantrism). Tome V : Appendices. Biblio. 815 titles & the 5 tomes' table of contents.

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