10 Interesting Fact About Historical musical eras

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• The classical era (around the 9th century to the 16th century) is a golden period of Javanese and Balinese music with strong Hindu-Buddhist influence.
• The Malay Era (16th Abah to the 19th century) is an era in which Malay music began to develop in Indonesia with the influence of Arabic and India.
• The keroncong era (late 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century) was a time in which keroncong music began to be popular in Indonesia with the influence of the Portuguese.
• The dangdut era (in the 1960s until now) is an era in which dangdut music, which comes from a mixture of Malay, Indian and Arabic music, has become a popular music in Indonesia.
• During the Dutch colonial period, keroncong music became popular among Indo or Dutch-Indonesian descendants.
• During the Japanese colonial period, Japanese music and Indonesian patriotic songs became popular.
• Javanese and Balinese gamelan music has many types of traditional musical instruments made of metal, wood and leather.
• Minangkabau traditional music, such as Talempong and Saluang, has a very strong element of improvisation.
• Traditional Sundanese music, such as angklung and degung, have musical instruments made of bamboo.
• Indonesian regional songs, such as love from Maluku and Es Land Cille from Sunda, are often sung at national celebrations.