Course Description
Surveys music cultures of Africa, Europe, and the Americas excluding western art music. An exploration of their structures, forms, instruments, performance practices, contexts, and roles in social, cultural, and global systems.
Athena Title
WORLD MUS: WEST HEM
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To introduce basic skills to listening to music appreciatively, analytically and critically. To identify, differentiate, and describe music and musicians from the above cultures including compositional techniques, instruments, genres, styles. To discuss the relationship between music and other features of cultures such as ritual, religion, history, economics, political and social systems. To write about the music musicians, and performance contexts.
Topical Outline
1. Introduction to the study of music in and as culture 2. Elements of music 3. Overview of World Music cultures 4. Native American Music (North America) 5. Native American Music (South and Central America) 6. Music of Africa 7. Music of Europe 8. Music of the African Diaspora: North America 9. Music of the African Diaspora: South America 10.Music of the African Diaspora: Central America 11.Music of the European Diaspora: North America 12.Music of the European Diaspora: South and Central America 13.The Asian music factor in Africa, Europe and the Americas.
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