Syllabus - Introduction to World Music - Spring 2012 | MUS 133, Study notes of World Music

INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC

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Ins tru cto r: Do nna A . Buc han an, Ass oci ate Pr ofe sso r Co urs e Num ber: MU SIC 133 A

Of fic e P hon e: 333-3533 M eet ing Ti me: M W 12 –1 p.m .

Of fic e L oca tion: 40 10 Music Build ing Cla ss Lo catio n: MB audi tor ium

Of fic e H ours: T h 3:3 0–5 or b y ap point men t E-m ail: b uch ana 1@ ill ino is.e du

Te ach ing A ssista nts an d Dis cus sion Sect ion s:

A Mo rris Th 9 11 61 MB

E W ellin gton W 3 1 147 MB

I K night F 1 11 48 MB

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Yo ur T A ma y be reach ed via e-m ail, b y pu ttin g a writ ten not e in his/ her cam pus m ailb ox (2n d floo r MB ), o r in pe rso n

dur ing of fice hour s.

Course Description

An inter disc iplina ry, in troduc tor y surv ey explo ring tra diti ona l, po pul ar, an d cla ssic al music styl es origin atin g in va riou s

par ts of the wo rld f rom an ethno mus icolo gica l and a nthropol ogi cal per spe ctiv e. Thr ougho ut the s emeste r, mus ic— and

sou nd i n gene ral —w ill b e inve stigat ed a nd ap pre ciated as a form of h uma n expr ession whose signifi can ce i s re late d to

soc io-cul tura l co ntex t. Pr imary cour se objectiv es are to prov ide an u nders tan ding of how mu sic int eract s w ith o ther

soc io-cul tura l doma ins, such as cos mol ogy , ec olo gy, s oci al st ruc ture , visual art, lang uag e, ec onom ics, and politics; an d

to enh ance you r a bili ty t o li sten to an d com prehe nd the mu sic of you r own cu ltur e an d tha t o f o ther peop les. T hrou gh

Un iver sity P ress. ( Bo ok/CD ) Av ailab le at th e Il lini a nd othe r c ampu s bo oks tores or y our favor ite on-line b ook

ven dor. Co st: New ca. $25 .00; Use d ca. $1 5.00

Tit on, J eff T odd, e d. 2 00 9. W orld s of Musi c: An I ntrod uct ion to the M usic of th e Wo rld ’s Peop les. S hor ter , 3 rd ed.

Sch irmer : Ce ngage Le arn ing.

Th is is an ele ctroni c textb ook. Do wnlo ad the ToC and Cha pter 1 (fre e of charge), Chap ter 2 (Nor th Am erica /Na tive

Am erica ), and Cha pter 10 (The Ar ab Wo rld) at htt p:/ /ww w.ich apt ers .co m. En ter Titon in the se arc h box; the n click

on the appro pri ate edi tion of the text an d eCh apter s in the Dig ital P urc hase O ption s at rig ht. Fo llow th e pro mp ts