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Defining gamelan

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Gamelan : dans les dictionnaires

Illustrated Oxford Dictionary
Dorling Kindersley Ltd. and Oxford University Press, 1998

gamelan n. A type of orchestra found in Java and Bali, with a wide range of bronze percussion instruments. [native name in Java]

Our observations

Nice small definition, even if it shows nothing on the organology (using the words melodic or metallophone would have been a step in that direction) and mentions only bronze (bamboo and iron are also common).

 

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