MUS 517

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Topics in Instrumental Music

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Credit: 4 hours.

Intensive or comparative study of specific repertoires of instrumental music, or of particular genres or styles of instrumental composition and performance practice, and/or of particular instrumentalists. Includes broad reading in the social and intellectual climate of the musical practices at issue; pertinent analytical approaches or paradigms; and work with relevant source materials.

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite: MUS 528 A (consult Class Schedule for specific section information); graduate standing in Musicology; Music and Sound Studies graduate minor; or consent of instructor.

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MUS 517 class schedule data for fall 2022
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	74056	Lecture-Discussion	A	1:00PM -3:50PM	W	Music Building	Buchanan, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/22-12/07/22 Section Info: Topic: "HEAVY METAL: THE SOCIOCOSMIC POWER OF BELLS AND GONGS." This interdisciplinarygraduate seminar explores the spiritual, political, gendered, metaphorical, and sonic power of bells and gongs, with particular attention to relevant customs, rites, and musical practices of eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, east and southeast Asia, and the United States. Course topics will consider how these instruments are made and played, their diverse cultural typologies and conceptualizations, their complex acoustic properties, and especially,theirremarkable significance as acoustemological agents of community, commemoration, celebration, conflict, and spiritual communion. Course materials will draw upon recordings, music videos, films, and literary works in addition to anthropological, organological, musicological, and area studies, including the instructor’s own writings and field research. Weekly seminar meetings will be enriched to whatever extent possible by first-hand engagement with representative instruments and regional specialists. While readings will focus largely on musical traditions outside Euro-American classical music and its legacies, students from applied music fields are encouraged to pursue research projects dealing with any pertinent musical practice, genre, style, period, or composition—bells and gongs figure prominentlyinmanyclassical works, whether as inspiration or shimmering sonic presences. Students from both within and outside the School of Music are encouraged to enroll; instructor expectations will be modified accordingly. Graduate students from outside Music who wish to register for MUS 517 should contact the instructor for permission. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Graduate class standing. Restricted to students in the Music department.