W&M ScholarWorks Articles Winter 2001 The Qur'ân in Indonesian Daily Life: The Public Project of Musical Oratory Anne K. Rasmussen College of William and Mary,
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[email protected]. VOL. 45, No. 1 ETHNOMUSICOLOGY WINTER 2001 The Qur'an in Indonesian Daily Life: The Public Project of Musical Oratory ANNE K. RASMUSSEN / College of William and Mary n Indonesia, amidst a plethora of unique Southeast Asian popular and folk music, Western music, and traditional gamelan styles, the recitation of the Qur' n pervades daily life as an archetype of Muslim authenticity. Removed by thousands of miles and hundreds of years from the source of Islam, Indonesians perform and experience the Qur'an in allegedly the same way as Muslims did during the time of the prophet, Muhammad. This arti- cle distills eight months of research as a student of professional male and female reciters of the Qur'an in Jakarta, Indonesia, the capital city of the country that is home to more Muslims than any other in the world. It is a work in progress that foregrounds issues pertaining to: