- Music Cultures of Asia

Catalog description

An introduction to Asian music cultures, including the music of India, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Students will listen to, read about, and discuss musical examples from these regions, acquiring a set of region-specific terminology for each cultural area. Themes such as national and local identity, caste and social status, cosmology, gender, and transnational interchange in Asia will be explored through the study of music.