Readings & Listening

This page lists the reading and listening assignments. The listening assignments are from the recordings included with each textbook.

Textbooks

Buy at Amazon Stone, Ruth. Music in West Africa. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780195145007.

Buy at Amazon Gold, Lisa. Music in Bali. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780195141498.

Buy at Amazon Marcus, Scott. Music in Egypt. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780195146455.

Buy at Amazon Ruckert, George. Music in North India. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780195139938.

Buy at Amazon Wade, Bonnie. Thinking Musically. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780195136647.

WEEK # TOPICS READINGS AND LISTENING
1 Unit 1 - Introduction
2-4 Unit 2 - North India

Week 2

Wade. Chapter 1.

Ruckert. Chapters 1, 2, and 3.

Week 3

Wade. Chapters 3, 4, and 5.

Ruckert. Chapters 4 and 5.

Week 4

Wade. Chapters 6 and 7.

Ruckert. Chapters 6 and 7.

5-7 Unit 3 - Africa

Week 5

Stone. Chapters 1-2.

Week 6

Stone. Chapters 3-4.

Week 7

Stone. Chapterts 5-6.

Buy at Amazon Chase, Gilbert. "The Ethiopian Business." In America's Music. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1992, chapter 13. ISBN: 9780252062759.

Buy at Amazon Epstein, Dena. "Prologue: The American Heritage and Middle Passage." In Sinful Tunes and Spirituals. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780252071508.

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Midterm Exam

9-11 Unit 4 - Bali

Week 9

Gold. Chapters 1-3.

Week 10

Gold. Chapters 4 and 5.

Week 11

Gold. Chapters 6 and 7.

12-13 Unit 5 - Mid East

Week 12

Marcus. Chapters 1-3.

Week 13

Marcus. Chapters 4-6.

14 Final Exam