GAMBUS SEBAGAI SALAH SATU EKSPRESI MUSIK RAKYAT MELAYU Dl SUMATRA UTARA Kajian Perubahan dan Kontinuitas (Gambus as a Expression of Malay FolkMusic in North Sumatera Change and Continuity)

Main Author: Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib
Format: Article NonPeerReviewed
Terbitan: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada , 2004
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Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/19230/
http://i-lib.ugm.ac.id/jurnal/download.php?dataId=2059
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  • ABSTRACT The dissemination of a musical genre so-called "the gambus" that reached out to the Malay countries around the Straits of Malacca reflects the close relationship between Islam and Malay people. It was supposed that the genre can only be found in Malay countries that formerly had a close contact with the Middle East. It was the perceiving of Islam as the sole system of belief in Malay societies and use of the Malay language as the lingua franca, has the common aristocratic background of the ruling class, and the shared conceptual world of alam Melayu as a common world-view. That made the genre shared a possible similarities in style among Malays in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsular. The development process of the Medan city reflects the societal dyna¬mism for modernization. Change of the folk-art such as gambus to became a contemporary-art was a changed that was experienced by societies them¬selves, from traditional society became cosmopolitan society (urban) which is multiracial. Popular media as the bangsawan theatre, film (cinema), radio, and television began growing up and have the significant role as the source of the entertainment for society members, to able to function for the spread of the cultural elements. Key word: gambus - a musical genre - Malay and Islam