MUS 518

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Regional Studies in Musicology

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Credit: 4 hours.

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

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated to a maximum of 16 graduate hours. Prerequisite: MUS 528 A (for DMA or MM performance or composition students); graduate standing in Musicology; Music and Sound Studies graduate minor; or consent of instructor.

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MUS 518 class schedule data for fall 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	76355	Lecture-Discussion	A	9:30AM -10:50AM	MW	0359 Music Building	Magee, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Section Info: Topic: "THE BLUES IN AMERICAN MUSIC." Built on the notion that the blues are foundational to understanding music in the United States, the course will range widely across idioms, from country blues and vaudeville blues to jazz, boogie-woogie, R&B, soul, folk, rock, hip hop, and modern and contemporary classical music. The blues will serve as a wide pedagogical frame that invites broad reflection about transnational Black creativity and influence in U.S. music through listening, reading, and score-study across categories. Students will come to understand musical and lyrical conventions of the blues and how they resonate across idioms; engage with the mix of oral and written, sacred and secular, traditions that shape blues manifestations; and come to grips with how concepts such as appropriation, essentialism, and authenticity have been used in commentary on the blues. Grading will be based on a variety of classroom participation activities and a variety of format options for demonstrating mastery and creative engagement with the material. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Graduate class standing. Restricted to students in the Music department.
	74049	Lecture-Discussion	B	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	0357 Music Building	Buchanan, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/21/23-12/06/23 Section Info: Topic: "SOUNDING ISLAM." How do Muslim communities in different parts of the world conceptualize and navigate the intersection of sound and spirituality? What does “music” mean in an Islamic context? What role do sound and silence play in the politics and shaping of Muslim identity? This interdisciplinary course explores how Islam, as a religious and cultural system of belief, is sounded, listened to, and heard in diverse geographic locales. As time allows, these will include the Arab and Turkish Middle East; Indonesia; Albania and Bosnia; Azerbaijan, Crimea, and Central Asia; Pakistan and Afghanistan; and North America. Course topics will consider the position of music in Islamic societies; major genres of worship, such as Koranic recitation and the call to prayer; devotional music and movement, such as Turkey’s “whirling dervishes,” South Asian qawwali, and Azerbaijani mugam; as well as illustrations of Muslim popular culture and their significance for understanding contemporary Islamic lifeworlds. Throughout the semester, how Islam is sonically practiced and taught, conveyed and contested, will be further contextualized in relation to nationalism and transnationalism, race and ethnicity, gender and sexualities, conflict and social justice, and other pertinent social issues. Course resources will draw upon recent scholarship from the fields of ethnomusicology, anthropology, and sound, popular culture, gender, and religious studies, as well as recordings, music videos, and films. Whenever possible, students will have opportunity to engage with relevant instruments, musical materials, and area experts. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Graduate class standing.