MUS103
Music in World Cultures
Music
BC
Subject code
MUS
Course Number
103
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
G. Fatone
Course Long Title
Music in World Cultures
Description
This course introduces students to the fundamental elements of music in selected music cultures of the world. Lectures include use of recordings, films, live performance, and hands-on workshops with guest musicians to enhance each student's understanding of relationships among performance practices, aesthetic foundations, and belief systems. The course explores the basic principles of ethnomusicology, musical connections to dance and ritual, cross-cultural interactions and influences, and specific performance contexts in various cultural areas of the globe.
Writing Credit
No writing credit
GEC This Course Belongs To
-