Barbara Benary

Barbara Benary (born April 6, 1946) is an American composer and ethnomusicologist specializing in Indonesian and Indian music.^[1]

In 1976 she co-founded the musical ensemble Gamelan Son of Lion with Philip Corner and Daniel Goode; she also constructed most of the group's instruments. Her major works include two shadow puppet operas: Karna and The Story of Esther. She is married to the woodwind player and instrument designer Steven Silverstein.

References

• The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Woman Composers. Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel. W.W. Norton & Co. 1995. p. 57
• Barbara Benary bio
• Rock Happens – Barbara Benary blasts beyond bygone bashfulness with brass and backbeat, The Village Voice, Kyle Gann, November 29, 2005.
• Gamelan Son of Lion