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In Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia where this originated music is called mamaos. Named Tembang Sunda Cianjuran since the 1930s and inaugurated in 1962 when the Tembang Sunda together meeting held throughout Pasundan in Bandung.
Art mamaos is a Sundanese vocal art with a musical instrument kacapi indung, kacapi rincik, suling, and or rebab. Mamaos was formed during the reign of Cianjur RAA. Kusumaningrat (1834-1864). Regent Kusumaningrat in making songs often housed in a building called Pancaniti. Hence he is famous for the name Kangjeng Pancaniti. At first the mamaos were sung by men. New in the first quarter of the 20th century mamaos can be learned by women. It is proven by the emergence of female mamaos interpreter, such as Rd. Siti Sarah, Rd. Anah Ruhanah, Ibu Imong, Mrs. O'oh, Ibu Resna, and Nyi Mas Saodah.

Mamaos material comes from various Sundanese sound art, such as pantun, beluk (mamaca), degung, and Javanese macapat song, namely pupuh. Mamaos songs taken from the vocals of pantun art called pantun song or papantunan, or also called Pajajaran song, taken from the name of the Sunda palace in the past. While the songs that come from the material pupuh called tembang. Both show the rules of rumpaka (text). While both vocal techniques use Sundanese processed vocal materials. But in the end both techniques of making this rumpaka there are combined. Songs of papantunan too many are made with the rules of pupuh. In the early days of its creation, Cianjuran was a revitalization of Pantun art. Kacapi and the technique to play it is still clear from the art of Pantun. Similarly, the songs are almost all from the art of Pantun. Rumpaka song was taken from the story Pantun Mundinglaya Dikusumah. During the reign of the RAA regent. Prawiradiredja II (1864-1910) mamaos art began to spread to other areas. Rd. Etje Madjid Natawiredja (1853-1928) is among the mamaos who played a role in this spreading. He is often invited to teach mamaos to districts in Priangan, among them by the regent of Bandung RAA. Martanagara (1893-1918) and RAA. Wiranatakoesoemah (1920-1931 & 1935-1942). When the mamaos spread to other areas and the songs that used the pattern of the puppets were numerous, the people outside Cianjur (and some associations in Cianjur) called mamaos by the name of the Sundanese tembang or Cianjuran, because this art is typical and originated from Cianjur. Similarly, when the radio NIROM Bandung in the 1930s broadcast this art call it with Cianjuran song.

Actually the term mamaos only shows the songs that have the pattern of pupuh (tembang), because the term mamaos is a refinement of the word mamaca, the art of reading books wawacan story by sung. Wawacan books that use the rule of this pupuh there is a melagukan with rancag chanting techniques and techniques. Mamaos songs harmonized pelog (degung), Sorog (nyorog, madenda), salendro, and mandalungan. Based on the material origin and the nature of the song mamaos grouped in several wanda, namely: papantunan, jejemplangan, dedegungan, and rarancagan. Now also added type kakawen and panambih as its own wanda. Songs mamaos of the type of tembang many use the pattern of pupuh Kinanti, Sinom, Asmarandana, and Dangdanggula, and there is a song from other pupuh. The songs in the wand of papantunan include Papatat, Rajamantri, Mupu Kembang, Randegan, Randegan Kendor, Kaleon, Manyeuseup, Balagenyat, Putri Layar, Pangapungan, Rajah, Gelang Gading, Candrawulan, While in wanda jejemplangan of which consists of Jemplang Panganten, Jemplang, Cidadap, Jemplang Leumpang, Jemplang Titi, Jemplang Pamirig, and so on. Wanda dedegungan include Sinom Degung, Asmarandana Degung, Durma Degung, Dangung Degung, Rumangsang Degung, Panangis Degung and so on. Wanda rarancagan in between; Manangis, Bayubud, Sinom Polos, Kentar Cisaat, Kentar Ajun, Liwung Sinom, Asmarandana Rancag, Setra, Satria, Kulu-kulu Barat, Udan Mas, Udan Iris, Dangdanggula Pancaniti, Garutan, Porbalinggo, Erang Barong and so on. Wanda kakawen include: Sebrakan Sapuratina, Sebrakan Pelog, Toya Mijil, Wood Supreme, and so on. Wanda panambih include: Slave Ceurik, Toropongan, Kulu-kulu Gandrung Gunung, Renggong Gede, Panyileukan, Selabintana, Soropongan, etc ..
At first mamaos serves as a musical entertainment tool of hospitality among the folk. But mamaos now, in addition to still like the original function, has also become a entertainment art that is profitable by artists such as art. Mamaos is now often used in entertainment celebrations of marriage, circumcision, and various purposes of entertainment or traditional events.

You can listen or download some of cianjuran songs. Click the links below :

1. Cianjuran-Ayun Ambing

2. Cianjuran-Ceurik Rahwana

3. Cianjuran-Sekar Manis

4. Cianjuran-Udan Mas Udan Iris

5. Cianjuran-Jaka Sunda

6. Cianjuran-Bangbara

7. Cianjuran-Rajah Galunggung

8. Cianjuran-Rajah Pamuka

9. Cianjuran-Mupu Kembang