Compiled List of Resources
Compiled by Chad Bailey Nielson
Last Updated: 12.12.2007

Gamelan | Topeng | Wayang | Culture

Gamelan | Music

Ayers, Barbara. Cirebon, the Kraton Kanoman, Macapat and Kidungan. B.A. Honors Thesis Monash University, 1974.

Ekagustdiman, Dodi Satya. Iringin Tari Topeng Klana. ASTI Bandung, 1986.
Available through the American Gamelan Institute.

North, Richard. "An introduction to the musical traditions of Cirebon." Balungan 3.3 (1988):2-6.
Available through the American Gamelan Institute.

Wright, Michael. The Music Culture of Cirebon. Diss. UCLA, 1978.
Available through ProQuest.

Topeng

Rogers-Aguiniga, Pamela. Topeng Cirebon: the Masked Dance Theatre of West Java as performed in the Village of Slangit. Diss. UCLA, 1986.

Masunah, Juju. Sawitri, Penari Topeng Losari. Tarawang, Yogyakarta, 2000.
untukind@indosat.net.id

Masunah, Juju and Karwati, Uus. Topeng Cirebon. Vol. 1 and 2. Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, 2003 (comes with audio CD and video VCD)

Suanda, Endo. Topeng Cirebon in its Social Context. MA Thesis Wesleyan, 1983.
Available through the American Gamelan Institute.

Suanda, Endo. "Dancing in Cirebonese Topeng." Balungan 3.3 (1988):7-15.
Available through the American Gamelan Institute.

Suanda, Endo. "The social context of Cirebonese performing artists." Asian Music 13.1 (1981):27-42.

Suanda, Endo. "Cirebonese topeng and wayang of the present day." Asian Music 16.2 (1986):84-120.

Wayang

Cohen, Matthew Isaac. An Inheritance from the Friends of God: The Southern Shadow Puppet Theater of West Java, Indonesia. Diss. Yale, 1997.
Available through ProQuest.

Cohen, Matthew Isaac. "Wayang Kulit and Islam: Perspectives from Cirebon". Dimensions of Shadow Play in Malay Civilization. Ed. Faridah Noor Mohd Noor. Kuala Lumpur: Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University of Malaya, 2006.

Cohen, Matthew Isaac. "Details, details: methodological issues and practical considerations in a study of Barikan, a Cirebonese ritual drama for wayang kuilt." Oideion 3 (2003):73-93
Available online at http://www.iias.nl/oideion/journal/issue03/cohen/index-a.html.

Cohen, Matthew Isaac. "Shiva vs. Jesus: Wayang Kulit in Cirebon." Puppetry International 8 (2000):18-21
Available from UNIMA-USA.

North, Richard. "An introduction to wayang kulit Cirebon." Balungan 3.3 (1988):16-20.
Available through the American Gamelan Institute.

Culture

Cohen, Matthew Isaac. "A mystic journey to Mount Ciremai. 'Folk' Religion in contemporary Indonesia." Seleh Notes Vol.13 No. 1 (2005):11-15
Available from Seleh Notes.

Cohen, Matthew Isaac. "The arts of Cirebon." Seleh Notes Vol.12 No. 2 (2005):6-10
Available from Seleh Notes.

Muhaimin, A.G. The Islamic Traditions of Cirebon: Ibadat and Adat among Javanese Muslims. ANU E-Press, 1995.
PDF available at http://epress.anu.edu.au/islamic/itc/pdf_instructions.html.

Siddique, Sharon. Relics of the Past? A Sociological Study of the Sultanates of Cirebon, West Java. Diss. U. Bielefeld, 1977.
Available through ProQuest.