| Summary: | Walter Spies, a German artist, lived and spent all of his life
time in Indonesia. There, he gave a lot of contributions in the
development of Yogyakarta and Bali arts, not only as a musician,
but also as a painter, dancer, choreographer, and curator at the
same time.
Early in his age, he visited the Tropenmuseum in
Amsterdam, which then opened his eyes and perception in the
existence of Indonesia. After he arrived and involved in several of
Yogyakarta and Bali arts, he created a new genre of Kecak dance
and pentatonic musical works.
The objectives of this study are to know, and understand the
contributions of Walter Spies to the development of art in
Indonesia, especially Yogyakarta and Bali, and also the
background story of his successful findings in creating attractive
composition that used pentatonic idiom.
This research employed several approach, they are: first,
history approach � to observe the life of Walter Spies and his
involvement in the Western music during his stay in Yogyakarta�s
palace, and also the development of art in Bali
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