In Indonesia, in the Sunda country (west of the island of Java), in about the middle of the 19th century, in order to entertain the princesses of the city of Cianjur, it occurred to a group of musicians, led by a prince smitten with poetry, to create a new type of small instrumental formation. It included, besides the kacapi zither, one or twoadditional, smaller rincik zither, and a suling flute. This ensemble was designed to accompany a narrator of pantun poems. Soon, several styles were developed in the different regions to adapt to this new genre –called tembang sunda (“Sundanese singing”)–, and in accordance with which several cycles of anonymous poems ofall kinds were set to music.

• 1 Beber Layar / Kembang Bungur 10:05
• 2 Palwa / Lalayaran 11:43
• 3 Pancaniti / Bayubud / Mangari / Liwung / Sumarambah 14:20
• 4 Buyubud / Liwung / Bungur 9:23
• 5 Panyawang / Pamekaran / Samar-samar 7:18
• 6 Sinyur / Samarangan 6:36
• 7 Lor-Loran / Erang Barong / Tablo 12:09