Weekly Reading Schedule
( APPROXIMATE TIMETABLE)
APRIL 1 — APRIL 6:
The study of world music; general theories of music and culture, the field of ethnomusicology, basic analytical tools.
Titon, Jeff and Mark Slobin.
2002 “The Music Culture as a World of Music,” in Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World’s Peoples, fourth edition, edited by J. Titon. USA: Schirmer, Thomson Learning, 1-33. (Listening to the specific CDs cited in this chapter is not required for this class.)
Alves, William.
2006 “Elements of Music,” in Music of the Peoples of the World. USA: Schirmer, Thomson Learning, 2-43.
Stokes, Martin
1996 “Music,” in Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology, edited by A. Barnard and J. Spencer. New York: Routledge, 383-386;
Study the class handout, “Questions Often Asked When Studying Music Cultures,” and try to understand the various musical concepts.
APRIL 7 — MAY 5:
Music of Africa; unity and diversity, musical areas, sound ideals (variation, polyphony, polyrhythm, hocket and others), social and ritual contexts, musical instruments, music-dance-language relationships, and popular musical genres.
Nettl, Bruno.
1989 “Music of Sub-Saharan Africa,” in Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents, third edition, by B. Nettl, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 128-160.
Turino, Thomas.
1992 “The Music of Sub-Saharan Africa,” in Excursions in World Music, third edition, edited by B. Nettl et al., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 167-195.
Listen frequently to CD 1 and 2 and follow with accompanying notes and additional handouts on Africa (maps, instruments, etc.).
MAY 6: Midterm Exam 1.
MAY 7 — MAY 18:
The Arab world, history, culture, folk traditions, urban genres and instruments, musical characteristics, mode, improvisation, microtones, rhythmic patterns, and aspects of modernization. For background information on the Middle East, especially the areas or countries covered in class, you may look up relevant entries in The Encyclopedia Americana: International Edition, located in the reference section in the Music Library (call# AE5 E56). But also look into the few introductory pages and maps from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music introducing the various geographical areas covered. These pages are included in the course reader.
Racy, A. J.
2002 “Overview of Music in the Mashriq,” in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Vol. 6, edited by V. Danielson et al., New York: Routledge, 535-556. Also read “Snapshot: Sabah Fahkri,” 563-564.
Danielson, Virginia.
1996 “Umm Kulthum,” in Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East Vol. 4, edited by R.S. Simon et al., London: Simon & Schuster and Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1826-1827.
Listen to CD 3 frequently and follow with accompanying notes and handouts.
MAY 19 — MAY 26:
Music of Turkey: background, regional styles, instruments, folk music, classical music (secular and sacred), the Sufi tradition and the Whirling Dervishes.
Reinhard, Ursula.
2002 “Turkey: An Overview,” in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Vol. 6, edited by V. Danielson et al., New York: Routledge, 750-777.
Friedlander, Ira.
- The Whirling Dervishes, New York: Collier Books–Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. (Read the excerpts and look into the photographic illustrations included in the course reader.)
Listen carefully to the class CD 4 and follow with the accompanying notes.
MAY 27: Midterm Exam 2.
MAY 28 — JUNE 4:
Music of Iran: the classical tradition, instruments, modal structure, musical learning, improvisation, performance genres, ornaments, heterophony, and others.
Nettl, Bruno.
1984 “The Classical Music of Iran,” in Maqam: Music of the Islamic World and its Influences, edited by R. Browning, New York, NY: The Alternative Museum, 18-20.
Nooshin, Laudan.
- “Nightingales and Mullahs,” in World Music Vol. 1, edited by S. Broughton et al., London: The Rough Guides, 355-362.
Listen carefully to CD 5 and follow with the accompanying notes and related material.
JUNE 5: General Review.
JUNE 6: Deadline for turning in the research projects.
JUNE 12: (Thursday, 11:30am – 2:30pm) Final Exam