740-302 The Music of Java and Bali

The subject examines the major musical structures of Central and West Java and Bali and their social contexts through reading, listening and participation in music-making using the Faculty's collection of gamelan. The changing emphases of ethno-musicological research in this area will be examined briefly.

On completion of this subject students should be able to • make critical, informed and sophisticated responses to new ideas, methodologies and theoretical frameworks in the study of music • integrate a reflective knowledge and an informed understanding of cross-cultural and intercultural concepts and behaviours in musical production from different times and places into their professional and intellectual lives • conduct independent ethnographic and secondary research • write and speak in a scholarly manner.

An independent research project of 2500 words due at the end of semester (60%); a listening test at the end of semester (40%).

A reading pack will be available for purchase before the start of semester.