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MUSC514

Graduate Seminar in South Indian Music
MUSC514 FA

Not Currently Offered

Topics will be selected according to the background and research/performance interests of enrolled students. Emphasis will be upon placing South Indian performance issues in theoretical context and applying the methodological tools of ethnomusicology (transcription, analysis, field research techniques, etc.) to these problems.

MAJOR READINGS

Assignments will be given from the specific
historical and theoretical literature on Indian music, as
well as more general works pertaining to the field of
ethnomusicology. Sound recordings and video tapes will also
constitute important "texts."

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Individual research/ performance projects will be assigned, with weekly discussion of common methodological concerns. Regular reading and listening assignments will provide a common frame of references, and periodic informal performances will alternate with presentations of written work, culminating in a substantial research paper (combined where appropriate with performance) by each student.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This seminar is intended for graduate students, but is not limited to those who specialize in South Indian music. Upper-level undergraduates will be considered only on an exceptional, individual basis.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Field Work Performance Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: GR Credit: 1.00

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999




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