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MUSC516
Seminar in Indonesian Music
MUSC516 SP
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Next Offered in 9899 SP
The study of composition and performance practice in
Indonesian Gamelan, including the history of Gamelan theory.
MAJOR READINGS
Judith Becker and Alan H. Feinstein,
KARAWITAN: SOURCE READINGS IN JAVANESE GAMELAN AND VOCAL
MUSIC (3 vols.) Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast
Asian Studies, The University of Michigan, 1984-88
Mantle Hood, THE EVOLUTION OF JAVANESE GAMELAN BOOK III:
PARAGON OF THE ROARING SEA, Wilhemshaven: Florian Noetzel
Verlag Heinrichschofen-Books, 1988
Jaap Kunst, MUSIC IN JAVA, The Haigue: Martinus Nijhoff,
1973
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Reading and listening
assignments. Short papers for each of the topics of the
discussion and a final 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: Discussion Field Work Lecture Performance
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: GR Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
"Gamelan gambang, a sacred ensemble, playing at a cremation
in Ubud."
Reference:
Tenzer, Michael. BALINESE MUSIC. Berkeley, California:
Periplus Editions, Inc., 1991
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