THE repertoire was played on western musical instruments. A pair of dancers, a slave girl and a guest of the master of the house, performed the tandak on the floor. The musicians, dressed in semi-military costumes and headbands, were slaves, but their rendering of the western repertoire was flawless.

The party took place at Gedong Panjang in Citrap (Citeureup) in 1817 at the residence of Major Augustijn Michiels, better known simply as Major