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740-144 Music Cultures of the World - an Introduction

Elective Music subject.

Credit points: 10.0

Coordinator: Dr C Falk.

Prerequisite: Music in Society.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should have an overview of the world's major musical cultures, a basic knowledge of the ethnomusicological methods used to study various music cultures and a capacity to evaluate writings in this field.

Content:

Introduction to the key issues and concepts of ethnomusicology, its theory and methodology, and case studies of various genres, for example, the bamboo ensembles of the 'are'are people of the Solomon Islands; Balinese gamelan; Chinese Opera; Ghanaian drum ensembles, North Indian classical music, and a song cycle from northeast Arnhem Land, Australia.

Assessment:

Written project of 3,000 words (35 per cent); Listening test (35 per cent); Transcription assignment or case study (30 per cent).

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740-144 Music Cultures of the World - an Introduction

Elementary Stream Music subject.

Credit points: 11.1

Coordinator: Dr C Falk.

Prerequisite: 740-142 Music in Society or approved equivalent.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial each week.

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should have:

Content:

Introduction to the key issues and concepts of ethnomusicology, its theory and methodology, and case studies of various genres, for example, the bamboo ensembles of the 'are'are people of the Solomon islands; Balinese gamelan; Chinese Opera; Ghanaian drum ensembles, North Indian classical music, and a song cycle from northeast Arnhem Land, Australia.

Assessment:

Written project of 3,000 words (35 per cent); listening test (35 per cent); transcription assignment or case study (30 per cent).

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