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Academic Year 2002/2003
Introduction to East Asian Music
MUSC 112 SP
This course introduces selected musical traditions of China and/or Japan as performed and transmitted both in East Asia and abroad. Special attention is paid to the relationship of music to broader cultural and
historical trends.
MAJOR READINGS
Charles Keil, "Music Mediated and Live in Japan." ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 28(1) (1984); 91-96;
Mingyue Liang, MUSIC OF THE BILLION: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE MUSICAL CULTURE, New York: Heinrichshofen Edition, 1985;
William P. Malm, JAPANESE MUSIC AND
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1959;
Ronald Riddle, FLYING DRAGONS, FLOWING STREAMS-MUSIC IN THE LIFE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S CHINESE, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983;
Gen'ichi Tsuge, JAPANESE MUSIC, AN
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Garland Bibliographies in Ethnomusicology, 2, New York: Garland, 1986;
Bell Yung, CANTONESE OPERA, PERFORMANCE AS CREATIVE PROCESS, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989;
Special
issues of WORLD OF MUSIC: 1/1983 J
apan; 1/1985 China; 2/1985 Korea
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Ethnographic observation (with on-campus music groups if available); term research paper on an East Asian musical tradition; event, to be approved by instructor; weekly listening video and reading assignments; midterm
and final essay examinations.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA MUSC
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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