Gamelan composers such as Peter Sculthorpe, Andrew Schultz and Ross Edwards have written several works with parts for gamelan instruments or full gamelan ensembles. I Nyoman Windha is among contemporary Indonesian composers that have written compositions using western instruments along with Gamelan. Hungarian composer György Ligeti wrote a piano étude called "Galamb Borong" influenced by gamelan. Avant-garde composer Harry Partch, one of America's most idiosyncratic composers, was also influenced by Gamelan, both in his microtonal compositions and the instruments he built for their performance In jazz, the music of Don Cherry, especially his 1968 record "Eternal Rhythm", shows influences of gamelan
Indonesian art "[[gambuh]]" and "[[topeng]]", Javanese "[[wayang wong]], [[ketoprak]]" and "[[ludruk]]"; Betawi "[[lenong]]"; Sundanese "[[sandiwara]]"; also colonial "[[toneel]]". [[File:Wayang Kulit - Museum Wayang 02.jpg|thumb|right|Indonesian Javanese "[[wayang kulit]]" shadow puppet.]] "Wayang" refer to a theatrical performance with puppets or human dancers. When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theatre, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as "wayang." Performances of [[Shadow play|shadow puppet]] theatre is known as "wayang kulit", are accompanied by a "[[gamelan]]" orchestra in [[Java (island)|Java]], and by "[[Gamelan gender wayang|gender wayang]]" in [[Bali]]. It has been developed into a complete and refined artform, especially in Java