[Soundscapes] = Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World. 2nd ed. W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. ISBN: 9780393167139.
SES # | TOPICS | READINGS | LISTENING |
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1-2 | Introduction: What is a Soundscape? | [Soundscapes] Introduction and Appendix A1-A5 |
[Soundscapes] CD 1 Track 1 (Artii-Sayir) Tu-, Huun-Huur. "Anatoly and Kaigal-Ool Riding Horses in Eleges while Singing Sygyt, Kargyaa and Xöömei." Where Young Grass Grows. Shanachie, 1999. Saspyk-ool, Albert, and Sayan Bapa. "Ang-Meng Mal-Magan öttüneri (imitation of wild and domestic animals)," and "Cave Spirits." Tracks 10 and 15 on Tuva, Among The Spirits: Sound, Music And Nature in Sakha And Tuva. Smithsonian Folkways, 1999. |
3–4 | Sound: The Materials of Music |
[Soundscapes] Chapter 1. | [Soundscapes] CD1 Tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17 |
5–6 | Setting: The Study of Local Musics | [Soundscapes] Chapter 2. |
[Soundscapes] CD1 Tracks 24, 26, 28, 31, 34 Videos of Cory Pesaturo, AccordionKingSnowman. "Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major – Accordion." July 3, 2010. YouTube. Accessed August 20, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFCrykBWmUk ———. "Jealousy - Cory Pesaturo & Yasmine Azaiez." October 18, 2011. YouTube. Accessed August 20, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aUrj6WYJXg fengle1000. "Halo Theme – Cory Pesaturo." February 28, 2011. YouTube. Accessed Aug. 20, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2si9Fx_XEI TRICCIO1000. "Cory Pesaturo - Party Rock Anthem." June 2, 2012. YouTube. Accessed August 20, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjTp1cVz3cg Alvydas23. "Cory Pesaturo - winner of Primus Ikaalinen 2011."; July 9, 2011. Accessed August 20, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfD3XNa1-6Y |
7–9 | Significance: Music's Meaning in Everyday Life (Part I): Senegalese drumming |
Selections from Tang, Patricia. Masters of the Sabar: Wolof Griot Percussionists of Senegal. Temple University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9781592134205. [Preview with Google Books]
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Rose, Doudou N'Diaye. "Rose Rhythm." Djabote. Real World, 1994. Nder, Alioune Mbaye. "Lenëën." Nder et le Setsima Group. Disques Nuits D'Afrique, 2000. M'Baye, Cheikh Taïrou. "Farwou Diar - Thie Bou Djeune." Mame Bouna. Mame Bouna Productions, 2003. Listening guide for the above 3 tracks (PDF) Selections from CD included with the Tang book (to accompany Chapter 5 reading):
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10 | Catch-up / review | ||
11 | Exam 1 | ||
12 | Required concert: Ana Moura at Berklee Performance Center | ||
13–14 | Significance: Music's Meaning in Everyday Life (Part II): bagpipes | [Soundscapes] Chapter 3. |
[Soundscapes] CD tracks associated with pp. 126-130 and 146-167. Transcription of "The Irishman's Toast," annotated by K. K. Shelemay, from Hogan, R. J. The Irish-American Manual of Bagpiping Instruction. 2nd printing, 1996. |
15–17 |
Music, Mobility and the Global Marketplace Balinese gamelan and kecak | [Soundscapes] pp. 100–44, 106–47, and Chapter 6, pp. 256–464, 271–481. | [Soundscapes] CD1 Track 28 (Taruna Jaya) and CD2 Tracks 21, 22 (Kembang Pencak and Kekembangan) |
18 | Required concert: MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology CAST Marathon | ||
19 | Music and Dance (Part I): Tango | [Soundscapes] Chapter 7, pp. 300–47, 329–443. | [Soundscapes] CD3 Tracks 3, 4 (two versions of La Cumparsita) and Track 5 (Adiós Nonino) |
20–22 | Music and Dance (Part II): Hindustani music, Kathak dance |
Ruckert, George E. "Rhythm and Drumming," and "Song and Performance." Chapters 4, and 5 in Music in North India: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture. Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 40–64. ISBN: 9780195139938. |
chhandamfan. "Fierce Kathak & Tap- Pt. Chitresh Das & Jason Samuels Smith." August 25, 2007. YouTube. Accessed August 23, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sQn5bXbigo Tracks 14–29 from the CD included with the Ruckert book |
23 | Music and Politics | [Soundscapes] Chapter 9, pp. 380–491. | [Soundscapes] CD3 Track 11 (Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika) and Track 12 (The New South African National Anthem) |
24 | Exam 2 | ||
25–27 | Final presentations | ||
28 | Conclusions |
Other References
Sachs, Curt. "Terminology." In The History of Musical Instruments. Dover Publications, 2006, pp. 454–467. ISBN: 9780486452654.