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MUSC240
Introduction to East Asian Music
MUSC240 SP
Crosslistings: EAST248
Not Currently Offered
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 Japan; 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: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA MUSC
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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