Gambang Semarang Music as A Cultural Identity Of Semarang's Community

摘要

As a performing art "Gambang Semarang music" is part of gambang Semarang art that was created in form of complex performing arts consisting of Drama, Dance, and Music. Several efforts have been done by Semarang's society to make it a cultural identity of Semarang. The purpose of this research was to know, to describe and to analyze the Semarang society's participation in making Gambang Semarang music as a cultural identity of Semarang. The data obtained were qualitative that were from observations, document studies, and deep interviews with the informants. The results showed that Semarang society's effort in realizing Gambang Semarang music as Semarang's cultural identity was manifested in both formal and non formal education, festivals or competitions, workshop, discussions, and performances.