Asian music: three great traditions
Dr R Flora
8 points * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: MUS2110 and MUS2120 * Prohibitions: MUS1050, MUS2260
Critical discussion of key theoretical concepts in the literature on ethnomusicology since the 1950s. Application of these concepts in the study of three Asian musical traditions: India, Indonesia and Japan, including theories of music as culture, unity of the arts and religion, culture contact, aesthetics and the classification of musical sounds and objects.
Assessment
Written (2500 words): 40% * Examinations (3 hours): 45% * Performance and assignments: 15%
Prescribed texts
As for MUS2260