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Gamelan : dans les dictionnaires

Petit Larousse illustré 1983

Page 445, 3rd column.

GAMELAN n. m. Ensemble d'instruments à percussion à lames métalliques, de formations variées, d'origine javanaise ou balinaise.
Translation :
Ensemble of percussion instruments with metal blades, of various formations, of Javanese or Balinese origin.

Our observations

This definition is short and satisfactory, even if there is no mention of gongs and that metallophones could have replaced judiciously instruments with metal blades.

 

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