UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology

COURSE TEXTS:

(1)  Textbooks to be purchased at UCLA bookstore are:

John Blacking, How Musical is Man?  Seattle: University of Washington Press 

L. L. Langness, The Study of Culture (Revised 3rd Ed.) Novato, CA: Chandler and Sharp, Inc.

Alan Merriam, The Anthropology of Music, Evanston: Northwestern University Press.

A Course Reader to be purchased at Westwood Copies, located at 1001 Gayley (near Weyburn) – phone: (310) 208-3233

An Asterisk (*) by readings indicate those references placed on the Music Library Reserve. 

Course Requirements:

• Written commentaries are due on the readings beginning with the Second Week (See Appendix I.)                       Papers should be completed for class discussion and turned-in after class discussion. 
• II. Final paper/bibliographic critique will be presented in class during the final week.
•             You should have made your selection of a set by Week 3.
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• III. All written assignments should be typewritten with page numbers,  double-spaced, 
• and stapled.   
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• Final Grade:
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•   The final grade will result from the commentaries,  bibliographic research paper,
• and class presentation.