740-300 In the Groove | |
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Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | AProf C Falk |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | One 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines the history of recorded sound and its effects in western music styles and musics of the non-Western world. It also examines the relationship between technological developments and musical style and performance, and the ways that recorded sound has affected the way people listen to music. Some aspects of the musical implications of knowledge ownership (oral, typographical, electronic) will be discussed. |
Assessment | A journal of weekly readings and assigned tasks (40%); a class presentation (20%); an independent research project of 2000 words (40%). |
Prescribed Texts | A reading pack will be available at the start of the Semester. |
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