MUS 304Intro To Ethnomusicology

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Prerequisites: For Music Majors and Minors only; should have completed 2 years of theory before registering for this class. Course Description: Examines central themes and methods in ethnomusicology today, explored through the study of music in several different cultural regions. Focus includes the following topics: the study of musical style and the meaning of music in varying cultural contexts; debates over the impact of technology, colonialism and politics on musical change; the benefits and drawbacks of globalization on local music making; and the category of "world music." Relationship between methodology and musical style is also studied by comparing ethnomusicological approaches with those used for the study of Western art music.