740-432 The Ethnography of Music

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An introduction to the writings of the seminal scholars in ethnomusicology from the 19th century to the present day and to the key issues of ethnomusicological theory and methodology presented in those writings, including fieldwork methods, approaches to transcription and analysis, the ethnography of music, iconography and organology, ethical considerations and future directions of ethnomusicology.

An independent research project of 2000 (40%); class presentation (20%); journal of weekly readings and assigned tasks (40%).