MUS 3305 - World Musics

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): MUS 2301 or MUS 2302.
Introduces music of world cultures outside the Western musical tradition. Beginning in Australia and working geographically around the world, the course deals with performing arts, religion, history and other social and political elements that have influenced the development of the musical styles that define selected cultures. The tools of ethnomusicology, the study of music in its cultural context, are the basis of the methodology for this course.