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The music in Indonesia predates historical records, various Native Indonesian tribes often incorporate chants and songs accompanied with musical instruments in their rituals. The contemporary music of Indonesia today is also popular amongst neighbouring countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
Bengawan Solo (song) "Bengawan Solo" ( lit. "Solo River") is an Indonesian song written by Gesang Martohartono in 1940. The song is a description of the longest river in Java, Solo River. The song became popular in Indonesia during the Second World War and was one of the songs promoted nationally in the newly-independent country after the war.
Gamelan Son of Lion, a Javanese-style iron American gamelan based in New York City that is devoted to new music, playing in a loft in SoHo, Manhattan, United States in 2007. Sundanese Gamelan Degung being played in Museo Nacional de las Culturas Mexico, Indra Swara Gamelan Group, on 2 April 2018.
Dangdut. Indonesian hip hop. Noah, one of the most popular pop bands in Indonesia. Indo-pop ( Indonesian: Pop Indo) also known as Indonesian pop or I-pop is loosely defined as Indonesian pop music; however, in a wider sense it can also encompass Indonesian pop culture, which also includes Indonesian cinema and sinetrons (Indonesian TV drama).
Dangdut ( / dɑːŋˈduːt /) is a genre of Indonesian folk music that is partly derived and fused from Hindustani, Arabic and to lesser extent, Malay, Javanese, Sundanese and local folk music. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Dangdut is the most popular musical genre in Indonesia [ 1] and very popular in other Maritime Southeast Asian countries as well because of ...
Indonesia Raya. " Indonesia Raya " ( Indonesian: [ɪndoˈnesja ˈraja]; "Indonesia the Great") is the national anthem of Indonesia. It has been the national anthem since the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence on 17 August 1945. The song was introduced by its composer, Wage Rudolf Supratman, on 28 October 1928 during the Youth Pledge in ...
In order to prevent what they considered cultural appropriation, the Indonesian government started making an inventory of such songs as cultural properties of the country. [ 10 ] Malaysia in turn argued that the song is widely sung throughout the Malay Archipelago , and that it belongs to people of archipelago, Malaysians and Indonesians alike ...
Indorock. Indonesian rock is rock music from Indonesia, a product of the culture and globalizing outlook of the country, similar to this genre's music globally. [ 1] Indonesian-specific ideas about individualism, interdependency, modernism, and the supernatural have also been observed in the rock videos and music of the nation. [ 1]