"Thinking and Communicating about Music"
An introduction to the study of music, including the disciplines of musicology, ethnomusicology, and popular music studies. This course explores diverse ways of thinking and writing about music using repertoires drawn from non-Eurogenic traditional, Western classical, and mass-mediated music as case studies. Reading, listening, and writing projects prose core philosophical questions about music's nature, meaning, cultural significance, and distinctiveness among the arts. After reading essays by musicians, composers, journalists, and scholars, students will argument this body of literature with their own original research and writing project.
3 credits
An introduction to the study of music, including the disciplines of musicology, ethnomusicology, and popular music studies. This course explores diverse ways of thinking and writing about music using repertoires drawn from non-Eurogenic traditional, Western classical, and mass-mediated music as case studies. Reading, listening, and writing projects prose core philosophical questions about music's nature, meaning, cultural significance, and distinctiveness among the arts. After reading essays by musicians, composers, journalists, and scholars, students will argument this body of literature with their own original research and writing project.
3 credits
- Teacher: Alexandra Grabarchuk
- Teacher: Amalia Jiva