Gendhing Budheng-Budheng
Tracks
1 – 23:15 Gendhing Budheng-Budheng
2 – 33:30 Gendhing Budheng-Budheng, rev. Suraji
24. Budheng-Budheng
Collection: Digital Series, Gamelan of Central Java
Booklet
24. Budheng-Budheng
In the book of Wedhapradangga (chronicle of Gotek), volume II, compiled by Raden Ngabehi Pradjapangrawit, it is stated that gendhing ‘Budheng-Budheng’ was composed during the reign of Paku Buwono IV (1788-1820) by Kanjeng Sasradiningrat. The significance of the title is rather unclear. The word ‘budheng’ in the dictionaries is translated as: ‘dull’, ‘dull-witted’ (but also ‘black monkey’).