Archaic Bamboo Instruments explores how current residents of Bandung, Indonesia, have (re-) adopted bamboo musical instruments to forge meaningful bridges between their past and present-between traditional and modern values.

Henry Spiller is Professor in the Department of Music at University of California, Davis and the author of several books, including FOCUS: Gamelan Music of Indonesia.

Introduction

1 Bamboo Murmurs

2 When in Bandung ...

3. Bamboo Wisdom

4 Roots Values

5 Entanglements