27 March

Topic:

Introduction: "Studying" Music?

29 March

Topic:

A Musical Map of the World: Does Music Still Have an East and a West?

Listening Assign. #1:

1. The "West" and the "Non-West"

2. Sources for Listening Selections, Listening #1

Reading Assign. #1:

"Mummies, Textiles Offer Evidence of Europeans in Far East"

02 April

Topic:

The Celtic World: bagpipes. Guest Artist: Ian MacHarg

Listening Assign. #2:

Celtic Music

Reading Assign. #2

Celtic Inc. is an article from the popular press about tensions between traditional and New Age interpretations of Celtic music brought on by the music's recent rise in popularity.

05 April

Topic:

"World" Music

Listening Assign. #3:

"World" Music

Reading Assign. #3:

1. ' I Hate World Music,' by David Byrne, New York Times, Oct 3, 1999

2. "Jon Pareles: "A Universe of Music," NYT, 23 Feb. 2001.

Writing Assignments:

1. Critical review of Altan concert
  Due: Tuesday, April 10 at beginning of class
2. World Music Recording Review
  Due: Tuesday, April 17th at beginning of class

10 April

ASSIGNMENT DUE: CONCERT REVIEW

Topic:

Music in the World of Islam

Listening Assign. #4:

Music in the World of Islam

Reading Assign. #4:

Lois al-Faruqi, "Handasah Al Sawt or The Art of Sound,"
from L. al-Faruqi and I al-Faruqi, The Cultural Atlas of Islam (chap. 23)

12 April

Topic:

Music in the World of Islam: Central Asia

Listening Assign. #5:

Music in Central Asia

Reading Assign. #5:

1. Theodore Levin, "Central Asia: Overview," Garland Encyclopedia of World Music [in press]

2. Theodore Levin, The Hundred Thousand Fools of God: Musical Travels in Central Asia (and Queens, New York) [excerpts]

3. Censorship of Music In Afghanistan

For further information on music and censorship, visit Freemuse.

Week of April 16

Workshops:

Gamelan workshops in Asian Studies Center. Sign up in class for one workshop.

Tues: 4-5 PM, 5-6 PM
Wed: 4-5 PM, 5-6 PM, 6-7 PM

17 April

ASSIGNMENT DUE: "WORLD" MUSIC RECORDING REVIEW

19 April

QUIZ #1: Text
QUIZ #1:Listening Section

Topic:

Orchestral Music from Java: The Gamelan
Guest Lecturer: Jody Diamond

Listening Assign. #6:

Music of Indonesia

Reading Assign. #6:

TBA

24 April

Topic:

Music in Brazil: Representing Peoples and Cultures of the Amazon.
Guest: Hopkins Center Artist-in-Residence, Marlui Miranda

Listening Assign. #7:

Music from Brazil

Reading Assign. #7:

1. "The Last Tribal Battle," by Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times Magazine, Oct. 31, 1999, pp. 70-77 Website link: Jean Schemo

2. "The Wari or Orouari" (Pacaa Nova: " Our own people") Website link: Wari (Betty Mindlin/ 'Are, Sao Paulo/1985)

3 "The Macurap, Jaboti, Tupari, Aruá and others" Website link: Macurap (Betty Mindlin/`Are, Sao Paulo, 1985)

Please visit Instituto Socioambiental. This is a Brazilian organization that runs numerous projects in indigenous areas and provides the most updated information about indigenous populations and environmental questions.

26 April

CONCERT REVIEW #2: DUE TUESDAY, MAY 1 AT BEGINNING OF CLASS

Topic:

Music in Brazil, cont.
Guest: Hopkins Center Artist-in-Residence, Marlui Miranda

Saturday, 28, April

Performance:

Marlui Miranda (Spaulding)

01 May

CONCERT REVIEW #2 DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS

Topic:

The Percussion World of West Africa.
Visiting Artist: Hafiz Shabazz

Listening Assign. #8:

African Music

Reading Assign. #8:

From Garland Encyclopedia of Music (Paddock Reserve Desk)

03 May

Topic:

The Percussion World of the African Diaspora: Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Brazilian Music

Listening Assign. #9:

Afro-Brazilian Music

Reading Assign. #9:

From Garland Encyclopedia of Music (Paddock Reserve Desk)

08 May

Topic:

Music from Japan: Tradition and Innovation.
Visiting Artist: Ko Umezaki

Listening Assign. #10:

Music from Japan

Reading Assign. #10:

No Reading Assignment

10 May

Topic:

Music from Japan: Popular Music
Visiting Lecturer: Jennifer Milioto Matsue

Listening Assign. #11:

TBA

Reading Assign. #11:

"Isabel Wong, "Japan". Exerpt from Excursion in World Music (Paddock Reserve Desk)

Friday, 11 May

Performance:

8:00 PM: Lakota Sioux Dance Theater, Spaulding Auditorium

15 May

Topic:

Music and the Natural World: Native Americans and Native Siberians

Listening Assign. #12:

Music of Tuva (South Siberia)

VIDEO: Music of Tuva

Reading Assign. #12:

Theodore Levin,"Throat-Singers of Tuva," Scientific American, Sept. 1999, pp. 70-77.

17 May

Quiz #2
Due: Thurs. May 22 at beginning of class [hard copy; no e-mail]

Topic:

Music and the Natural World: Tuva, Mongolia, and the Altai

FINAL EXAM:

AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE, 12:00 PM
DUE: TUESDAY, 29 MAY AT BEGINNING OF CLASS. NO EXCEPTIONS.

22 May

QUIZ #2 DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS

Topic:

The Appropriation of Tradition: Tuvan Music¹s Journey to the West
Visiting Scholar: Valentina Süzükei

24 May

Topic:

Classical Music of North India.
Visiting Artists: George Ruckert (sarod) and Samir Chatterjee (tabla)

Listening Assign. #13

Indian Music

Reading Assign. #13

From Garland Encyclopedia of Music(Paddock Reserve Desk)

24 May

FINAL EXAM

Performance:

9:00 PM: Top of the Hop: Concert of Indian Music featuring George Ruckert and Samir Chatterjee

29 May

FINAL EXAM DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS

Topic:

The Local and the Global
NOTE: CLASS WILL BE HELD AT COLLIS COMMON GROUND

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