INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD

FOLKLORE/MUSIC 515

Introduction to ethnomusicology, including historical survey of major works in the field, classification of musical instruments, measurement of tuning systems and concepts of scale, mode and rhythm in non-Western music.

FOLKLORE/MUSIC 516

Focuses on the tools (material, methodological, and ethical) for doing ethnographic fieldwork in musical contexts.

MUSIC 419

Explores a variety of genres within their social and historical contexts including folk songs and ballads, the Native American Pow Wow, New England psalmody, popular song repertories, musical theater and opera, concert music, blues and jazz.

FOLKLORE/MUSIC 915

Topics in ethnomusicology within a cross-cultural framework; melodic typology, scale and tuning systems, mode, rhythm, ornamentation, improvisation techniques, oral and written traditions of composition, notation systems, and function of music society.

FOLKLORE 100

Surveys folklore in the United States and around the world, with a comparative emphasis on ways in which individuals and groups use beliefs, songs, stories, sayings, dances, festivals, and artifacts to address issues of identity, authenticity, and authority, in complex societies.