| CODE | MSP3362 | ||||||
| TITLE | Musics of the World | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit explores the music of four selected music traditions: European folk music, Arab classical music, the music of Sub-Saharan Africa and the classical music of Southern India. It aims to develop an understanding of the main musical characteristics of these traditions by focusing on a number of representative musical genres within each tradition discussed. Whilst scrutinising the musical grammars of the above-mentioned traditions the course sheds light also on a number of interrelated issues, such as the impact of colonialism, the diffusion and effect of the recording industry, as well as other factors that impact the perception, interpretation, and performance of music in these traditions. Study-unit Aims: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a. identify and analyze the music textures most representative of the music genres covered during the course; b. relate the scrutiny of the musical structure with the investigation of the sociocultural milieu it stems from; c. evaluate the impact of different non-musical and/or para-musical processes on the music "itself"; d. analyze and contextualize an array of compositional processes alien to Western classical music; e. recognize the various functions music has in constructing, influencing, and maintaining human life. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: At the end of the study-unit the learner will be exposed to the following specialised knowledge: • a wider understanding of music as a concept that varies according to time, place and people; • the different learning processes implied in orally transmitted music; understand that music does not exist in a vacuum but it survives within a world of values and interests that shape it intrinsically; a strong understanding of the societies and cultures featured in the study-unit. 2. Skills: At the end of the study-unit the learner will have mastered the following skills: • transcribe and analyze orally transmitted music from the above music traditions; • interrelate discourse about music with discourse about culture and society; • evaluate ethnographic material, especially that related to music performance; • link different issues in attempt to understand the complexity of music-making. 3. Competence: At the end of the study-unit the learner will have acquired the responsibility and autonomy to: • identify and analyze the music textures most representative of the music genres covered during the course; • relate the scrutiny of the musical structure with the investigation of the socio-cultural milieu it stems from; • evaluate the impact of different non-musical and/or para-musical processes on the music "itself"; • analyze and contextualize an array of compositional processes alien to Western classical music; • recognize the various functions music has in constructing, influencing, and maintaining human life. 4. Learning Outcomes: At the end of the study-unit the learner will be able to: • analyze non-western music; • discuss critically issues related to world music; • write about music within a global dimension. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Bakan, Michael B. World Music: Traditions and Transformations. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. [Unavailable] Ling, Jan. A History of European Folk Music. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 1997. Nettl, Bruno (et al.). Excursions in World Music. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2008. Timothy Rice, James Porter, and Chris Goertzen (eds.). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol.8, Europe. New York, NY: Garland Publications, 2000. Accompanying CD-ROM at Reference Desk. Touma, Habib H. The Music of the Arabs. Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1996. Virginia Danielson, Scott Marcus, and Dwight Reynolds (eds.). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol.6, The Middle East. New York: Routledge, 2002.Accompanying CD-ROM at Reference Desk. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualification: A-level Music OR Grade 7 (or above) | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Philip Ciantar |
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