In complete contrast to the poverty of the Moluccas, the group of islands to the cast of Java can boast of great musical wealth. The first of these islands, Bali, will be dealt with separately; it has also exercised a great influence upon the neighboring island of Lombok. On Sumbawa there are, in addition to influences from Java, also instruments that were introduced with Islam. One may note the fine violins, built in the pitch of violas.

The island of Flores occupies a very special place. The various tribes settled here display individual characteristics both in their musical instruments and in their, singing.

This island, too, became almost completely Christianized, but the art of the natives was spared. In the districts of Ende and Lio very harmonious diatonic harvest songs are popular. The singing of the people of Manggarai resembles yodelling, whilst in other districts even three- and four-part singing is known. A rather remarkable relic of Western influence upon eastern Flores exists in the shape of folk-songs originating from 17th-century north-western Europe, which have survived in a form almost unmodified by time. The Portuguese and Ambonese, too, have also left traces of their presence here

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