Research Article
Menir Moéda and His Style of Jenaka Sunda
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.5-12-2023.2354847, author={Indra Ridwan}, title={Menir Mo\^{e}da and His Style of Jenaka Sunda }, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Arts and Culture: “Transforming New Creative Values in Arts and Culture”, INCARTURE 2023, December 5th-6th, 2023, Bandung, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={INCARTURE}, year={2025}, month={5}, keywords={jenaka sunda; menir mo\^{e}da; pioneer; new musical form; radio}, doi={10.4108/eai.5-12-2023.2354847} }- Indra Ridwan
Year: 2025
Menir Moéda and His Style of Jenaka Sunda
INCARTURE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-12-2023.2354847
Abstract
Jenaka sunda is a type of Sundanese music, and its emergence was pioneered by a Sundanese musician, Menir Moéda, around the end of the 1930s. Menir Moéda created jenaka sunda by remodeling, transforming, and rearranging old Sundanese traditional music into new forms or even creating new songs and musical forms that fit the needs of radio programs and listeners. The popularity of Menir Moéda and the development of jenaka sunda are closely related to the music programs broadcast on the radio, including the Dutch government radio station (NIROM), the Indonesian government radio station (RRI), and the local private radio station in West Java, namely VORL. Menir Moéda has inspired many Sundanese musicians who act as preservers and successors of jenaka sunda.
