SURAKARTA

or Soerakartaboth: sooräkärˈta, city (1990 pop. 503,827), on central Java, Indonesia, on the Solo River. Connected by rail with Surabaya and Jakarta, it is a trade center for an area producing tobacco, rice, and sugar. Manufactures include textiles, leather work, machinery, metal products, furniture, and cigarettes, but Surakarta is particularly noted for its batik cloth and goldwork. It is also a cultural center, featuring gamelan music and wayang, or shadow plays. Surakarta's outstanding feature is the vast, walled palace of the sultan, virtually a city in itself. The European section of the city, which contains a Dutch fort built in 1799, resembles an old Dutch town. Surakarta is the seat of a private university and an extension facility of Islamic Univ. of Indonesia. The city is commonly called Solo.

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books on: Surakarta  - 128 results

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On Thrones of Gold: Three Javanese Shadow Plays
Book by James R. Brandon; Harvard University Press, 1970
Subjects: Wayang Plays
...gugat Kresna and the Great War . Surakarta: Tri-jasa, 1965. Play text and instructions for performance in Surakarta style; in Javanese...Murtjalelana Abimanju as King Murtjalelana . Surakarta: Tri-jasa, 1964. Play text and...
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On the Subject of "Java"
Book by John Pemberton; Cornell University Press, 1994
Subjects: Java (Indonesia)
...Ingkang Sinuhun Kangjeng Susuhunan Pakubuwana kaping sanga ing Nagari Surakarta-Adiningrat . Ms. Rp 310; SMP RP 59. Composed Surakarta, 1865-66; inscribed Surakarta, mid-late nineteenth century. Babad Langenharja . Vols. 2-8...
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Theatre Companies of the World - Vol. 1
Book by Colby H. Kullman, William C. Young; Greenwood Press, 1986
Subjects: Fiction, Theater--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...directed by Kartodiwiryo, a dancer from Surakarta who had been Sastrosabdhos teacher...had been trained in the court city of Surakarta, by teachers such as Wiryopradoto and...companys dance and music are essentially Surakarta style. Nevertheless, the group decided...
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The Japanese Experience in Indonesia: Selected Memoirs of 1942-1945
Book by Anthony Reid, Oki Akira, Jennifer Brewster, Jean Carruthers; Center for International Studies, Ohio University, 1986
Subjects: Indonesia--History--Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945, Japan--Rikugun--Civic Action, World War, 1939-1945--Indonesia, World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives, Japanese
...importance among them. The Susuhunan of Surakarta was the legitimate successor of the Mataram...became independent and separate from Surakarta as a result of a succession conflict...Dutch intervention in dynastic disputes. Surakarta and Yogyakarta had been at loggerheads...
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Ethnomusicology: A Guide to Research
Book by Jennifer C.Post; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Ethnomusicology--Bibliography
...Jogjakarta, Central Java: lawung ageng; Part 7: Dances of Surakarta, Central Java: bedoyo elo elo; Part 8: Dances of Surakarta, Central Java: bedoyo pangkur; Part 9: Dances of Surakarta, Central Java: menak konchar; Part 10: Dances of...
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journal articles on: Surakarta  - 63 results

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Classical Javanese Dance. the Surakarta Tradition and Its Terminology
Journal article by Victoria M. Clara Van Groenendael; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 29, 1998
Subjects: Books--Reviews
Classical Javanese Dance. The Surakarta Tradition and Its Terminology by Victoria...teachers of the court traditions of both Surakarta and Yogyakarta. She teaches Javanese...Javanese treatise written in the minor Surakarta court of the Mangkunagara (Mangkunagaran...
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Sandhang-Pangan for the Goddess: Offerings to Sang Hyan Bathari Durga and Nyai Lara Kidul
Journal article by Clara Brakel; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 56, 1997
Subjects: Devotional exercises--Analysis, Goddesses--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Java--Social aspects, Worship--Analysis
...to the north of the court-city of Surakarta, which is her domain (WINTER 1911...regularly presented to her by the rulers of Surakarta (HEADLEY 1979). Again, according...well-being (kidungan) compiled in Surakarta by Ranggasutrasna and considered to be...
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"Traditional Music Weeps" and Other Themes in the Discourse of Music, Dance and Theater of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand
Journal article by Margaret J. Kartomi; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 26, 1995
Subjects: Performing arts--Asia, Southeastern, Southeast Asia--Art
...musical, dance and drama forms at the Surakarta court of the nineteenth century and earlier...conservatorium and academy of music in Surakarta between the 1950s and the early 1970s...Indonesian performing arts academies of Surakarta, Denpasar, Bandung and elsewhere...
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A Princess from Sunda: Some Aspects of Nyai Roro Kidul
Journal article by Robert Wessing; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 56, 1997
Subjects: Java--Folklore, legends, etc., Mythology--Indonesia, Princesses--Folklore, legends, etc.
...which the sultanates of Yogyakarta and Surakarta are the inheritors. As the tale is told...present-day successors, Yogyakarta and Surakarta.(15) At the installation of Sri Sultan...and then moving on to Gunung Kidul near Surakarta, to Ngandong Ijo, north of Trinil...
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Wayang Wahyu as an Example of Christian Forms of Shadow Theatre
Journal article by Marzanna Poplawska; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 21, 2004
Subjects: Theater--Religious aspects
...puppets. The idea came into a being in Surakarta on 2 February 1960, when the first original...local art schools (for example, STSI in Surakarta). They are performed in a public building...Jakarta: St. Ignatius Parish and STSI Surakarta. Harbono, 1985. "Pakeliran Wayang...
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magazine articles on: Surakarta  - 3 results

 
 
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Time and Time Again in Java
Magazine article by M.C. Ricklefs; History Today, Vol. 49, October 1999
Subjects: Calendars--Indonesia, Java--History, Religion--Indonesia
...was partitioned between the courts of Surakarta (founded 1746) and Yogyakarta (founded...stability to both. Neither the ruler of Surakarta nor that of Yogyakarta was apparently...literary kind from the rival court of Surakarta at this time, there are reasons to think...
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A Letter from Indonesia
Magazine article by Muriel Topaz; Dance Magazine, Vol. 71, December 1997
Subjects: Dancing--Indonesia
...watching a series of solo dances performed at an out-of-the-way cafe. There were dances distilled from the Balinese, Surakarta, and Solo styles as well as two hybrid dances by contemporary choreographers. My last stop in Java was a bang-up tourist...
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Care Packages--and Our Big Win!
Magazine article by Scott Mowbray; Popular Science, Vol. 265, July 2004
...Big Win!; by Scott Mowbray More years ago than I care to reveal--OK, it was 1970, and I was 11--my family lived in Surakarta, a cultured city in the middle of the Indonesian island of Java. My father, a physician, worked for the relief organization...


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newspaper articles on: Surakarta  - 4 results

 
 
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Turning Javanese
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 23, 2011
...the Cemeti Art House. The latter is responsible for organizing exhibitions, projects, and residencies. Born in 1969 in Surakarta, Indonesia, Melati Suryodarmo lives and works in Gross Gleidingen, Germany and Solo, Indonesia. After finishing International...
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Sounds for All Seasons
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), May 28, 2004
...studied music at Durham University, where he was awarded the Scott Prize, and at the Academy of Indonesian Performing Arts in Surakarta, Java. He was the founder and artistic director of Londons Royal Festival Hall Gamelan Programme and has been composer...
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CLOSEST THING TO HELL; 149 Dead. Just 26 Survive as Packed Hols Jet Crashes in Flames on Take-Off Rescuers Face Runway Carnage
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 21, 2008
...Airways flight came down in northwest Venezuela, with the loss of all 152 passengers and eight crew. A landing disaster in Surakarta, Java, on November 30, 2004, killed 26, while 112 perished on May 7, 2002, when a China Northern Airlines MD- 82 plummeted...
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CLOSEST THING TO HELL; Rescuers Face Runway Carnage 153 Dead. 19 Survive as Packed Hols Jet Crashes in Flames on Take-Off
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 21, 2008
...Airways flight came down in northwest Venezuela, with the loss of all 152 passengers and eight crew. A landing disaster in Surakarta, Java, on November 30, 2004, killed 26, while 112 perished on May 7, 2002, when a China Northern Airlines MD- 82 plummeted...


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encyclopedia articles on: Surakarta  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Surakarta
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SURAKARTA or Soerakarta both: soorakar ta, city...products, furniture, and cigarettes, but Surakarta is particularly noted for its batik cloth...1799, resembles an old Dutch town. Surakarta is the seat of a private university and...
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Java
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Jakarta , and the second and third largest cities, Surabaya and Bandung . Tanjungpriok is the chief port, and Yogyakarta and Surakarta are cultural centers. Land and People A chain of active volcanic mountains, most densely forested with teak, palms, and...
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Solo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOLO see Surakarta , Indonesia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Soerakarta
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOERAKARTA see Surakarta , Indonesia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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