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MUSIC 136-01: Music of the World's Peoples
Spring 2003
Instructor: Eric Hung
Teaching Assistant: Andrea Knopik
 
COURSE SYLLABUS
 
This syllabus is subject to change.
 
General Information
Course Schedule
Reader Contents
 

 
THE BASICS
Class Meetings: MWF, 9:10am-10:00am (McGill 215)
Credits: 3
Course Web Page: http://eric.mandi-eric.com/sp2003/mus13601home.htm
 
CONTACT INFORMATION
Eric Hung’s Contact Information: ehung@selway.umt.edu, 406-243-6892
Office Hours: Mondays 2:10pm-3:30pm, Tuesdays 3:00pm-4:00pm, and by appointment
Andrea Konpik’s Contact Information: a_knopik@hotmail.com
Office Hours: TBA
 
COURSE BASICS
This course includes four units and a final group project.  The first introduces students to basic issues in the study of world music and the elements of music.  The second focuses on Japanese and Japanese-American musics.  The third unit examines musics in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the final unit explores musics in the Middle East and Arab-American musics.  The course concludes with a final project that involves some aspect of music in Western Montana.  Be aware that a large portion of this course involves group work.  If you are unwilling to participate fully in group assignments, do NOT take this course.
 
TEXTS
(1)  Bruno Nettl, Charles Capwell, Philip V. Bohlman, Isabel K.F. Wong and Thomas Turino,  Excursions in World Music, 3rd edition  [Textbook and 2CDs; Available at UM Bookstore];
(2)  MUS 136-01 Course Reader  [Available at UM Bookstore];
(3)  Additional reading and listening assignments are on reserve in Mansfield Library.
 
WORKLOAD
The national standard for academic university courses is this:  to earn an average grade (C), the average student needs to spend three hours each week for each hour of credit.  Since this is a three-credit course, the average student would need to spend nine hours a week (three in class and six outside class) on this course to earn a C.  If you are an average student and want to earn an A or B, you might very well need to work more than nine hours a week.  If you are spending nine or more hours a week on this course, but are not earning appropriate grades, please talk to me.  We can devise study techniques that might help you achieve better results.
 
GRADING
A = 90+, B= 80-89, C=70-79, D=60-69, F= 59 or lower
Unit One
(Music in Daily Life Essay—5%, Class Participation/Pop Quizzes—5%, Unit Test—10%)
20%
Unit Two
(Class Participation/Pop Quizzes—5%, Unit Test—15%)
20%
Unit Three
(Class Participation/Pop Quizzes—5%, Unit Test—15%)
20%
Unit Four
(Class Participation/Pop Quizzes—5%, Unit Test—15%)
20%
Final Project
(Outline and Interview Questions—5%, Presentation and Paper—15%)
20%
 
CLASS FORMAT
On the class schedule below, each session is listed as a lecture, a discussion, or a test.  Lecture sessions include lectures by the instructor or a guest and video screenings.  These sessions will complement but not directly repeat material covered in the textbook.  During discussion sessions, we will divide the class into small groups to discuss a specific article or to talk about your final project.  At the end of discussion sessions, selected groups will be asked to present their thoughts.  Be sure to bring your reader to classes in which you are discussing articles in the reader.  Your class participation grade is based on your attendance/participation at the group discussions and on your presentations to the class.  Each unit concludes with a unit test.
 
READING AND LISTENING ASSIGNMENTS
All reading and listening assignments are to be completed before class on the date listed in the syllabus. 
 
POP QUIZZES
To ensure that all students are completing their reading and listening assignments, there will be approximately seven multiple-choice quizzes over the course of the semester.  Pop quizzes may occur during lecture sessions or discussion sessions.  Each quiz covers material assigned since the previous quiz or unit test.  If you are absent for a quiz, you can make it up only if your excuse is documented and legitimate (i.e., religious holiday, official school event, severe illness and family emergency).
 
UNIT TESTS
Unit tests will contain a map section, a multiple-choice section (with several questions involving listening excerpts), and an essay section.  They will contain some questions that are only covered in class sessions and some questions that are only covered in the textbook.  It is therefore pertinent that you attend all classes and do all the assignments.  Review sheets will be posted on the course website at least one week before each unit test.  A practice test for the first unit is also available on the website.
If you need to reschedule an exam because of a religious holiday or official school event (e.g., basketball game), you must make your request at least two weeks before the scheduled exam. 
If you would like to reschedule an exam for personal reasons (e.g., you’re diving in the Olympics), you must talk to me at least two weeks before the scheduled exam.  I reserve the right to refuse requests made on the basis of personal reasons.
If you miss an exam because of serious illness or severe family emergency, you may request a makeup exam only if you can document your illness or emergency.  I reserve the right to refuse requests for makeup exams.
 
FINAL GROUP PROJECT
For the final project, the class will be divided into groups of five or six.  Each group will conduct research on some aspect of music in Western Montana.  The project must involve both interviews and library research.  Each group will do a presentation for the class during the designated exam time for the course and hand in a five-page paper.  Hopefully, we will as a class learn something about the diversity and history of musical life in the Missoula area.  More details about this project will be forthcoming.
 
COURSE WEBPAGE
The class webpage is an important component of this course.  I will post lecture notes, discussion questions and review sheets there.  I will also use it to clarify assignments and to respond to your questions.  Use it as often as you wish, but you are responsible for checking this webpage each Monday.
 
DISABILITY
If you need accommodations because of a disability, please talk to me and the Disability Services for Students (DSS) Office as soon as possible.  I need at least one week’s notice for test accommodations.
 
ACADEMIC HONESTY
All students in this class must abide by the University’s “Academic Conduct” code.  This code is available at http://www.umt.edu/studentaffairs/sccAcademicConduct.htm.  Failure to abide by this code will result in severe penalties.
 
INCOMPLETES
Incompletes will be granted only in extreme situations, such as serious illness and severe family emergency. 

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COURSE SCHEDULE
EWM = Excursions in World Music
 
Unit 1:  Introduction to the Study of World Music
Monday, January 27 Lecture/Discussion: Course Introduction
In-Class
Go Over Course Basics
Listening Sampler
Music in Daily Life Interviews
Assign Music in Daily Life Essay (750 words; Due Friday, February 7)
Wednesday, January 29 Lecture: Rhythm and Melody (Beginning)
In-Class
Watch and Discuss Video on Rhythm
Begin Watching Video on Melody
Read
Course Syllabus and Course Webpage
"Young Adults" from My Music (Reader #1)
Friday, January 31 Lecture: Melody (Conclusion) and Timbre
In-Class
Finish Watching and Discuss Video on Melody
Watch and Discuss Video on Timbre
Review Review terms used to describe rhythm by listening to Reserve CD 1/Tracks 1-7 and answering the "rhythm" questions posted on the website
Monday, February 3 Lecture: Texture and Harmony (Beginning)
In-Class
Watch and Discuss Video on Texture
Begin Watching Video on Harmony
Review Review terms used to describe melody and timbre by listening to Reserve CD 1/Tracks 8-16 and answering the "melody" and "timbre" questions posted on the website
Wednesday, February 5 Lecture: Harmony (Conclusion) and Form
In-Class
Finish Watching and Discuss Video on Harmony
Watch and Discuss Video on Form
Review Review terms used to describe texture by listening to Reserve CD 1/Tracks 17-22 and answering the "texture" questions posted on the website
Friday, February 7 Lecture: Review the Elements of Music
In-Class Go over the review questions on Rhythm, Melody, Texture, Timbre, Harmony and Form
Review Review terms used to describe harmony and form by listening to Reserve CD 1/Tracks 23-30 and answering the "harmony" and "form" questions posted on the website
Monday, February 10 Discussion: Chapter 1 of Excursions in World Music
In-Class
Small-group Discussion of Assigned Reading
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Read EWM, Chapter 1
Wednesday, February 12 Unit Test
 
Unit 2:  The Music of Japan and Japanese-Americans
Friday, February 14 Lecture: Introduction to Japan and Japanese Music
Return Unit Test #1
Reminder Drop/Add Deadline
In-Class
Watch and Discuss Excerpt of Sukiyaki and Chips: The Japanese Sounds of Music
Read EWM, pp. 112-120
Monday, February 17 President's Day (No Class)
Wednesday, February 19
Discussion: Group Organization Day
Note If you do not come to this session, you will not be placed into a final project group.  This will have severe repercussions for your final grade.
In-Class
Discuss Final Project
Brainstorming Session
Formation of Project Groups
Read Jeff Todd Titon, David B. Reck and Mark Slobin, "Discovering and Documenting a World of Music" (on Reserve only)
Assign Final Project Proposal (Due: Monday, March 3)
Friday, February 21 Lecture: Japanese Traditional Instruments and Songs
In-Class
Historical Overview of Japan
Lecture on the Koto, the Shamisen, and the Shakuhachi
Listen
EWM CD 1, Track 20: Sankyoko
Reserve CD 2, Track 1: Koto Solo
Reserve CD 2, Track 2: Shamisen Song
Reserve CD 2, Track 3: Shakuhachi Solo
Read EWM, pp. 130-131
Monday, February 24 Lecture: Religious Music and Ancient Court Music
In-Class
Lecture on Gagaku, Shinto Festival Music and Buddhist Chant
Listen
EWM CD 1, Track 23: Gagaku
Reserve CD 2, Track 4: Shinto Festival Music
Reserve CD 2, Track 5: Buddhist Chant
Read EWM, pp. 126-130, 131-135
Wednesday, February 26 Lecture: Japanese Theater I
In-Class
Lecture on Kabuki, with emphasis on the Onnagata, and Bunraku (Puppet Theater)
Listen
EWM CD 1, Track 21: Kabuki
Reserve CD 2, Track 6: Bunraku
Read EWM, pp. 120-121 (also review pp. 116-120)
Friday, February 28
Discussion: Japanese Theater II
In-Class
Small-group Discussion on Coaldrake article
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Short Lecture on Noh Theater
Listen EWM CD 1, Track 22: Noh
Read
A. Kimi Coaldrake, "Female Tayū in the Gidayū Narrative Tradition of Japan" (Reader #2)
EWM, pp. 121-126.
Monday, March 3 Lecture: Introduction to Japanese Popular Music
Due Final Project Proposal
In-Class Lecture on Enka, J-Pop, Fōku Songu, and Noise Music
Listen
Reserve CD 2, Track 7: Enka (older)
Reserve CD 2, Track 8: Enka (recent)
Reserve CD 2, Track 9: J-Pop
Reserve CD 2, Track 10: Fōku Songu
Reserve CD 2, Track 11: Noise Music
Wednesday, March 5 Discussion: Japanese Hip-Hop
In-Class
Small-group Discussion on Coaldrake article
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Listen
Reserve CD 2, Track 12: DJ Krush
Reserve CD 2, Track 13: King Giddra
Reserve CD 2, Track 14: Utada Hikaru
Read Ian Condry, "The Worlds of Japanese Hip-Hop: Street Dance, Club Scene, Pop Market" (Reader #3)
Friday, March 7 Lecture: Western Classical Music & Japan, Japanese Classical Music in Western Classical Music
In-Class Lecture on the Western Classical Music scene in Japan, Japanese influences on Western Classical Music, and the Use of Japanese Classical Music by Benjamin Britten
Listen
Reserve CD 2, Track 15: Toru Takemitsu
Reserve CD 2, Track 16: Benjamin Britten
Monday, March 10 Discussion: Music & Immigration, Interview Questions
In-Class
Small-group Discussion on music and immigration
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Short Lecture on the Music of Japanese-Americans, with emphasis on music in detention camps
Listen
Reserve CD 2, Track 17: Nobuko Miyamoto
Reserve CD 2, Track 18: Mark Izu
Read EWM, pp. 274-313
Assign Final Project Interview Questions (Due: Wednesday, March 19)
Wednesday, March 12 Discussion: Taiko Drumming in the United States
In-Class
Small-group Discussion on Yoon article
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Short Review Session
Listen Reserve CD 2, Track 19: Taiko
Read Paul Jong-Chul Yoon, "'She's Really Japanese Now!': Taiko Drumming and Asian American Identifications" (Reader #4)
Friday, March 14 Unit Test  [REVIEW SHEET]
 
 
UNIT 3—The Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
Monday, March 17 Lecture: Introduction to Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
In-Class
Introduction to the History and Regions of Africa
Some Common Characteristics of Sub-Saharan African Musics
Listen
EWM CD 1, Track 26: Shona Mbira Music
Reserve CD 3, Track 1: Post Office Song
Read EWM, pp. 167-175, 186-189
Wednesday, March 19 Lecture: The Music of the Ewe People
Due Final Project Interview Questions
Return Unit 2 Test
In-Class
Lecture on Ewe drumming and music institutions
Watch video demonstrating polyrhythmic Ewe drumming
Listen EWM CD 2, Track 3: Ewe Dance Drumming
Read EWM, pp. 180-184
Friday, March 21
Lecture: The Mande Jaliya, Popular Music of West Africa
Return Final Project Interview Questions
In-Class
Lecture on the Jaliya and West African Popular Music
Listen
EWM CD 2, Track 2: Mande Kora Music
Reserve CD 3, Track 2: Youssou N'Dour
Reserve CD 3, Track 3: Highlife
Reserve CD 3, Track 4: Juju
Read EWM, pp. 177-180, 189-191
 
SPRING BREAK (March 24-28)
Monday, March 31 Lecture: Music of Central Africa
In-Class
Short Lecture on the Music of the BaAka and BaMbuti peoples
Short Lecture on Popular Music in Central Africa
Listen
EWM CD 2, Track 1: BaMbuti Vocal Music
Reserve CD 3, Track 5: Franco
Reserve CD 3, Track 6: Papa Wemba
Read
EWM, pp. 175-177, 191
Wednesday, April 2 Discussion: "The Matter of God"
In-Class
Small-group Discussion on Kisliuk article
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Read Michelle Kisliuk, "The Matter of God" (Reader #5)
Friday, April 4 Lecture: Music of South Africa
In-Class Video: Rhythm of Resistance: Black South African Music
Hand Out Review Sheet and Practice Test 3
Monday, April 7
Discussion: Paul Simon's Graceland
In-Class
Small-group Discussion on Meintjes article
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Listen
Reserve CD 3, Track 7: Paul Simon, "Graceland"
Reserve CD 3, Track 8: Paul Simon, "Homeless"
Reserve CD 3, Track 9: Paul Simon, "Gumboots"
Read Louise Meintjes, "Paul Simon's Graceland, South Africa, and the Mediationof Musical Meaning" (Reader #7)
Wednesday, April 9 Lecture: Music of Zimbabwe and Music of the Buganda Kingdom
In-Class Lecture of Shona Mbira Music, Chimurenga, and Akadinda Music
Listen
EWM CD 1, Track 26: Shona Mbira Music
Reserve CD 3, Track 10: Thomas Mapfumo
Reserve CD 3, Track 11: Baganda Akadinda Music
Read EWM, pp. 184-86, 191-93
Friday, April 11
Discussion: Music and Nation-Building in Tanzania
In-Class
Small-group Discussion on Askew article
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Short Review Session
Read Kelly Askew, "Cultural Revolution in Tanzania?" (Reader #6)
Monday,
April 14
Unit Test [Review Sheet]
 
UNIT 4—The Music of the Middle East, The Music of Arab-Americans
Wednesday, April 16 Group Meetings
Friday,
April 18
Lecture: Introduction to the Music of the Middle East, Afghan and Iranian Classical Music
In-Class
Introduction to the History and Regions of the Middle East
Origins of Afghan Classical Music and the Rebab
Listen EWM CD 1, Track 4: Chanting of the Holy Koran
EWM CD 1, Track 5-8: Iranian Classical Music
Reserve CD 4a, Track 1: Ustad Mohammad Omar, "Shakal and Naghma in the Melodic Mode of Emen (Yemen)" (21:36)
Read EWM, pp. 46-70
Monday,
April 21
Video: Egypt--Umm Kulthum
In-Class
Start Video, Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
Wednesday, April 23 Discussion: Egypt--Umm Kulthum
In-Class
Finish Video, Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt
Small-group Discussion on Danielson article and video
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Listen Reserve CD 4a, Track 2: Umm Kulthum, "Al Atlal" (39:54)
Read Virginia Danielson, "The Voice of Egypt: The Artist's Work and Shared Aesthetics" (Reader #8)
Friday,
April 25
Lecture: Music in Multicultural Turkey
In-Class
Introduction to Modern Turkey
Short Lecture on Turkish Folk Music/TRT Sound
Short Lecture on Turkish Rom Music
Listen
Reserve CD 4a, Track 3: Belkis Akkale, "Bendeki Yaralar" (4:05)
Reserve CD 4a, Track 4: Kemanî Cemal Çinarli, "Mavişim" (5:22)
Monday, April 28
Lecture: Religious Music in Turkey (and Indonesia)
In-Class
Short Lecture on Reciting the Koran
Short Lecture on Music of the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey
Listen Reserve CD 4b, Track 1: Call to Prayer (Chanting of the Koran) by Mustafa Ozcan Gunesdogdu [Turkey] (3:59)
Reserve CD 4b, Track 2: Sura #82 (Chanting of the Koran) by Hajjah Maria Ulfa [Indonesia] (2:37)
Reserve CD 4b, Track 3: Semai [Music of the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey] (8:17)
Optional Listening
Reserve CD 4b, Track 10: Peşrev [Turkish Whirling Dervish Music] (7:32)
Reserve CD 4b, Track 11: Ney Taksimi (Ney Improvisation) [Turkish Whirling Dervish Music] (10:16)
Wednesday, April 30 Discussion: The Raï and Rap in Algeria and France
In-Class
Small-group Discussion on Gross/McMurray/Swedenburg article
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Listen
Reserve CD 4b, Track 4: Cheb Khaled, "Minuit" (5:50)
Reserve CD 4b, Track 5: Fadela & Sahraoui, "Ray Rayi" (4:23)
Reserve CD 4b, Track 6: Cheb Mami & K-Mel, "Parisien du Nord" (3:30)
Read
EWM, pp. 70-71
Gross, McMurray and Swedenburg, "Arab Noise and Ramadan Nights: Rai, Rap, and Franco-Maghrebi Identities" (Reader #9)
Friday, May 2 Discussion: Arab-American Music in Detroit
In-Class
Small-group Discussion on Rasmussen article
Selected groups will present their conclusions
Short Review Session
Listen
Reserve CD 4b, Track 7: Lebanese folk music performed in Detroit (3:28)
Reserve CD 4b, Track 8: Afrah al-Yemen (Yemeni-American Band) (1:01)
Reserve CD 4b, Track 9: Bells Band (Iraqi-American Band) (1:30)
Read Anne K. Rasmussen, "The Music of Arab Detroit: A Musical Mecca in the Midwest" (Reader #10)
Monday,
May 5
Unit Test [Review Sheet]
NOTE:  Due to the lateness of the webpage update, the second essay on this unit test will be a "bonus" essay.  Your score on the second essay can be used to replace your lowest class participation score.
 
UNIT 5—Final Project Presentations
Wednesday, May 7 Presentations (Note: Each non-presenting group will be asked to come up with one question for each presentation.)
Group 2 Kyi-Yo Powwow
Group 7 Kyi-Yo Powwow
Group 6 Studio Production
Friday,
May 9
Presentations (Note: Each non-presenting group will be asked to come up with one question for each presentation.)
Group 1 Karaoke Night
Group 5 Local Bands
Group 8 The Blue Heron
Thursday, May 15
10:15am-11:00am
Presentations (Note: Each non-presenting group will be asked to come up with one question for each presentation.)
Group 3 Tomcats
Group 4 EarCandy Music

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READER CONTENTS

  1. "Young Adults," in Susan D. Crafts, Daniel Cavicchi, Charles Keil and the Music in the Daily Life Project, My Music (Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press/University Press of New England, 1993), pp. 69-106.

  2. A. Kimi Coaldrake, "Female Tayū in the Gidayū Narrative Tradition of Japan," in Ellen Koskoff (ed.), Women and Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective (New York: Greenwood, 1987), pp. 151-162.

  3. Ian Condry, "A History of Japanese Hip-Hop: Street Dance, Club Scene, Pop Market," in Tony Mitchell (ed.), Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hip Outside the USA  (Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press/University Press of New England, 2001), pp. 222-247.

  4. Paul Jong-Chul Yoon, "'She's Really Japanese Now!': Taiko Drumming and Asian American Identifications," American Music 19/4 (Winter 2001), pp. 417-438.

  5. Michelle Kisliuk, "The 'Matter of God,'" in Michelle Kisliuk, Seize the Dance!  BaAka Music Life and the Ethnography of Performance (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998), pp. 149-166, 215-216.

  6. Kelly M. Askew, "Cultural Revolution in Tanzania?" in Kelly M. Askew, Performing the Nation: Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002), pp. 157-195, 343-346.

  7. Louise Meintjes, "Paul Simon's Graceland, South Africa, and the Mediation of Musical Meaning," Ethnomusicology 34/1 (1990), pp. 37-74.

  8. Virginia Danielson, "The Voice of Egypt: The Artist's Work and Shared Aesthetics," in Virginia Danielson, The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), pp. 126-158.

  9. Joan Gross, David McMurray and Ted Swedenburg, "Arab Noise and Ramadan Nights: Rai, Rap, and Franco-Maghrebi Identities," in Smadar Lavie and Ted Swedenburg (ed.), Displacement, Diaspora, and Geographies of Identity (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996), pp. 119-155.

  10. Anne K. Rasmussen, "The Music of Arab Detroit: A Musical Mecca in the Midwest," in Kip Lornell and Anne K. Rasmussen (ed.), Musics of Multicultural America: A Study of Twelve Musical Communities (New York: Schirmer Books, 1997), pp. 73-100.

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Last updated: April 29, 2003