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MUSC265
Music of the Caribbean
MUSC265 SP
Crosslistings: LAST265
Photo Caption and Credits
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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