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MUSC265

Music of the Caribbean
MUSC265 SP

Crosslistings: LAST265
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Next Offered in 9899 SP

The musics of the Caribbean have had an impact on the rest of the world which is greatly out of proportion to the relatively small land mass and population of the West Indies. This course will explore contemporary music practices of the Caribbean (both traditional and popular/commercial), historical antecedents, the role of music in every day life, and relationship of music to the social and political history of the region. There will be a focus on the musics of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the French Antilles.

MAJOR READINGS

Roger D. Abrahams, and John F. Szwed, AFTER
AFRICA, New Haven: Yale University, 1983
Harold Courlander, THE DRUM AND THE HOW; LIFE AND LORE OF
THE HAITIAN PEOPLE, Berkeley: University of California, 1960
Dick Hebdidge, CUT AND MIX: CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND
CARIBBEAN MUSIC, London: Methuen, 1987
John W. Nunley and Judith Bettleheim, CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL
ARTS, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988
John Storm Roberts, THE LATIN TINGE: THE IMPACT OF LATIN
AMERICAN MUSIC ON THE UNITED STATES, New York: Oxford
University Press, 1979
Keith Warner, KAISO! THE TRINIDAD CALYPSO: A STUDY OF THE
CALYPSO AS ORAL LITERATURE, 1985

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

There will be two exams, one term project/paper and a number of short weekly assignments.

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: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA MUSC

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997



About the Photo:

Moslem Hosay Festival in Trinidad

Reference:

Puzo, Virginia, ed. FODOR'S CARIBBEAN AND THE BAHAMAS, 1981. New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1981



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