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Academic Year 2002/2003
Westernization and National Music Identities
MUSC 261 SP
This course will examine the impact of Western music and musical thought on contemporary musical cultures in Japan and China. In particular, it explores the historical significance of the Meiji Restoration on the
children's
song movement, the origins of Japanese contemporary music, the Japanese influence on Chinese school songs, the adaptation and preservation of traditional music genres, the development of new music since World War II, and
the rise of popular music and the music industry. We will focus on the cultural conflicts and musical problems encountered by Japanese and Chinese musicians and composers in search of national music identities in the
processes
of East-West interactions.
MAJOR READINGS
Max P. Baumann, MUSIC IN THE DIALOGUE OF CULTURES: TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND CULTURAL POLICY Thomas R. H. Havens, ARTIST AND PATRON IN POSTWAR JAPAN: DANCE, MUSIC , THEATER, AND THE VISUAL ARTS, 1955-1980 Andrew F.
Jones, LIKE A KNIFE: IDEOLOGY AND GENRE
IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE POPULAR MUSIC Komiya Toyotaka, JAPANESE MUSIC AND DRAMA IN THE MEIJI ERA Richard C. Kraus, PIANOS AND POLITICS IN CHINA: MIDDLE-CLASS AMBITIONS AND THE STRUGGLE OVER WESTERN MUSIC Bonnie S.
McDougall, POPULAR CHINESE
LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 1949-1979 Colin MacKerras & Constantine Tung, DRAMA IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA William P. Malm, SIX HIDDEN VIEWS OF JAPANESE MUSIC Elizabeth
May, THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEIJI PER
IOD ON JAPANESE CHILDREN'S MUSIC Bruno Bettl, THE WESTERN IMPACT ON WORLD MUSIC: CHANGE, ADAPTATION, AND SURVIVAL Harrison Ryker, NEW MUSIC IN THE ORIENT: ESSAYS ON COMPOSITION IN ASIA SINCE WORLD WAR II Edward
Seidensticker, LOW CITY, HIGH CITY: TO
KYO FROM EDO TO THE EARTHQUAKE Konald H. Shively, TRADITION AND MODERNIZATION IN JAPANESE CULTURE Tokumaru Yosihiko, TRADITION AND ITS FUTURE IN MUSIC: REPORT OF SIMS 1990 OSAKA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Six two-page papers on assigned reading or listening. One final research paper.
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:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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