MUNM 195 - Music Cultures of the World

Institution:

Duquesne University

Subject:

MUNM - Music Non Music Major

Description:

This course provides an introductory survey of music in selected traditions and cultures in global perspective. It explores music both as a phenomenon of sound and a phenomenon of culture. It aims to familiarize students with music sound and music structure of different peoples, to help them appreciate music in its cultural context, to guide them in listening to music on a basic analytic level, and to give them a broad global view of music as human activity/behavior with social functions and as artistic expression. Specifically, the course is a flexible exploration of music in terms of its cultural, aesthetic, religious, political, and economic dimensions - all concerns of Ethnomusicology.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.duq.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 396-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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