MUS 418

Spring 2015 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 20-May 6

Regional Studies in Musicology

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Seminar devoted to intensive study in the music of specific peoples, states, or geographic regions from around the world.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 undergraduate hours or 16 graduate hours. Prerequisite: MUS 313 and MUS 314; junior standing; or consent of instructor.

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MUS 418 class schedule data for spring 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	40137	Lecture-Discussion	A	10:00AM -11:20AM	MW	Music Building	Gordon, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Section Info: TOPIC: Music of the Middle East Course Description In the United States, the Middle East is one of the most widely discussed but least understood regions in the world. How can the study of the musical practices and lives of musicians complicate stereotypes and generalizations about this region and its people, religions, identity politics, history, and arts? How can this study illuminate the contours of recent and past events through musicians? active role in them? In this course, we focus on the Eastern Arab countries of Egypt, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Syria, while considering examples in the larger region, to begin to answer these questions. We will engage with a large number of topics through active listening, demonstration, and student participation. We will explore the use of melodic and rhythmic modes in the region as well astheir application to composition and improvisation. We will consider how regional and global interactions and power structures have impacted musicalchange in different regional genres. We will form an understanding of the complex relationship of the religion of Islam to music, and the diverse responses to and uses of music by Muslims throughout the region. We will explore issues of representation, and how colonial and orientalist ideologies, sometimes self-imposed, have impacted the music of the region. We will examine the musical lives of both superstar female performers and ordinary women, interrogating how they help us develop a nuanced understanding of gender politics in the region. Other topics include music and conflict, music and mysticism, music and nationalism, music and morality, music and media, and music in the Arab Spring, among others. All graduate students must use the Course approval form to register in this class. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
	40138	Lecture-Discussion	B	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	Music Building	Bashford, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Section Info: TOPIC: Music, Words, and War: England, 1914-1918 This class focuses on the impact of World War I on musical culture in England. We will examine a series of topics, including how composers such as Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Arthur Bliss responded to the conflict through their music, both during the war and in its aftermath. Significant time will be spent studying how composers set literary texts (including World War 1 poetry) to music, and we will discuss both art song and popular song, as well as choral repertoire. The reception of such music by contemporary and subsequent generations of writers and composers will form a further strand in the course, as will the way in which music functioned in English culture during the conflict itself. The course will involve reading, listening, paper-writing and class discussion. Students will gain partial credit for attending and participating in an on-campus symposium, 1915: Music, Memory and the Great War (March 2015).