ANTH 241 - Worlds of Music

Spring (4) Rasmussen (GER 4B)

This course will introduce students to musical cultures of the non-Western world. Topics will include: native concepts about music, instruments, aesthetics, genres, relationship to community life, religion, music institutions, and patronage. Course goals will be to develop skills useful for a cross-cultural appreciation and analysis of music, and to bring questions about music into the domain of the humanities and social sciences. (Cross-listed with MUSC 241)