Musical Cultures of the World

Catalog description

Provides an introductory survey of music in selected traditions and cultures in global perspective. It explores music both as a phenomenon of sound and a phenomenon of culture. It aims to familiarize students with music sound and music structure of different peoples, to help them appreciate music in its cultural context, to guide them in listening to music on a basic analytical level, and to give them a broad global view of music as a human activity/behavior with social functions and as artistic expression. Special attention is placed on how political, economic, social, and religious factors influence musical aesthetics and notions of identity among performers and audiences-all concerns of Ethnomusicology.