What is the history of Indonesian Music?

Answer 1

In Bombay, India the first film industry in the country came to life with a film named "Bollywood". This inspired a Bollywood form of dance and music which is very colorful in the Indian language. Some video's of this form of music and dance can be found on YouTube.com with the beauty it plays out in fabulous stage outfits, headdresses and fantastic choreographed group dancing.

Answer 2

The history of music of Indonesia demonstrates its cultural diversity, the local musical creativity, as well as subsequent foreign musical influences that shaped contemporary music scenes of Indonesia. Nearly thousands of Indonesian islands having its own cultural and artistic history and character.

This results in hundreds of different forms of music, which often accompanies dance and theater. The musics of Java,Sumatra, Bali, Flores and other islands have been documented and recorded, and research by Indonesian and international scholars is ongoing. The music in Indonesia predates historical records, various Native Indonesian tribes often incorporate chants and songs accompanied with musics instruments in their rituals. Today the contemporary music of Indonesia is popular in the region, including neighboring countries; Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.