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MUSC360

Westernization and National Music Identities
MUSC360 SP

Crosslistings: EAST360

Not Currently Offered

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 PERIOD 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: TOKYO 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: 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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