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Seminar in Indonesian Music
MUSC516 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: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: GRAD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000


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