MIMESIS PADA GAMELAN WANDA ANYAR

Abstract

Koko Koswara (Mang Koko) which is a reformer figure in Sundanese music
(karawitan) able to create a new genre art that remains oriented to the aesthetics
of Sundanese gamelan. The genre is called Gamelan Wanda Anyar created around
the 70s. The authors are interested to study the instrument / gending of this art
which has a dynamic musical form structure. The phenomenon of sound that
occurs in Gamelan Wanda Anyar dish stimulates the writer to trace it further in
both textual and contextual. In dissecting this case the author uses the aesthetic
theory that Aristotle devised about mimesis (imitation). The purpose of this paper is
to provide cm overview of the work of Mang Koko mean poured in the Gamelan
Wanda Anyar which until now is still a benchmark of the artists in developing
Sundanese music(karawitan)