MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


MUM4260

Asian music: three great traditions

Reis Flora

12 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis The study of and comparison between selected forms of music and other performing arts in India, Indonesia and Japan, including the social, ritual and musical functions of the music and concepts of musical beauty and meaning. Application of key ethnomusicological concepts to these musical cultures, including theories of music as culture, unity of the arts and religion, culture contact, aesthetics, and the indigenous classifications of musical objects and sounds.

Assessment Essay (5000 words): 40% + Critical assignment (2000 words): 20% + Examinations (2 hours): 40%

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