MU 307 Musics of Asia (Spring: 3)
Cross Listed with
ASIAN THEATRE & DRAMA CT374
Satisfies Cultural Diversity Core Requirement
Offered Periodically
Cross-cultural course within the major/minor.
This course offers an approach to Asian culture focusing on East and Southeast
Asian performing arts and music. Through case studies from China, Korea,
Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia, this course surveys a selection
of particular practices and problematizes the uses of music when performed
as part of religious expressions, political strategies, identity claims,
and entertainment. This course considers music through an historical perspective
as well as through its contemporary expression, including the impacts of
migration, diaspora, and globalization. There is no prerequisite to attend
the course; the ability to read Western music notation is not required.
Stephanie Khoury
Last Updated: 31-OCT-11