740-432 The Ethnography of Music

Permission of coordinator

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, ethical considerations and future directions of musical ethnography. This subject provides a conceptual base for students intending to pursue research in musical ethnography.

On completion of this subject students should be able to • integrate a holistic view of music from different times and places into their professional and intellectual lives • make critical, informed and sophisticated responses to new ideas, methodologies and theoretical frameworks in the study of music • conduct independent ethnographic and secondary research in ethnomusicology · write in a scholarly manner appropriate to the discipline of ethnomusicology.

A research project (30%); (2000 words, excluding bibliography) due at the end of semester; written responses to readings due mid semester and end of semester (40%); (minimum 1500 words); a mid-semester verbal class report (15%); an ethnographic description of a performance of music in Melbourne due at the end of the semester (15%) (minimum 500 words).

A reading package will be available for purchase from the Bookroom before the start of semester.