Fall Term 2014 Music and the Environment - 5781 - MUHI 494 |
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Prerequisites/Notes: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor Catalog Description : In many societies around the world, people use music to connect with nature, specific places, and surrounding environments. This course will explore music performance practices and repertoire that expresses or enacts these connections. Case studies will include songlines and Australian Aboriginal land claims, North American protest songs, and the intimate relationships between music and nature of the BaAka people in central Aftrica and among the Kakuli people in Papua, among others. Attributes: Music Course, Cross-Listed Course, GER Fine Arts Div, GER Global Diversity, 400-599 Advanced Course
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