PERJALANAN HIDUP DAN KREATIFITAS SANG PESINDHÈN

Abstract

The article entitled “The Life Journey and Creativity of the Pesindhèn” was in theory encouraged by a desire to understandaspects of the workmanship, the thoughts, and the success of Nyi Ngatirah who was moulded under the guidance anddirection of Ki Nartasabda. Nyi Ngatirah was chosen as the subject for the research because she was a skilled andsuccessful pesindhèn who created various innovations and made numerous developments and refinements to the céngkokused in sindhènan. In an endeavour to discover and study the workmanship of Nyi Ngatirah, the writer used akarawitanological approach which was integrated with a number of concepts from humanities and social disciplines in orderto complement and guide the analysis. In addition to studying her work, Nyi Ngatirah as a person was also studied. Theresults of the research showed that Nyi Ngatirah succeeded in making an important contribution for the development andcontinued existence of sindhènan in particular and karawitan in general. In addition, the research showed that thecéngkok used in sindhènan can always be developed in accordance with the ability of each performer and according to thecurrent day and age.

Keywords: sindhenan, cengkok, and treatment.