MUS* 104 World Music

Credits: 3

This course introduces students to the traditional musics of a diversity of non-western world cultures. Each is approached through an anthropological view of its social and cultural context, religious influences, musical instruments, performance practices, and musical genres. The relationship of a culture’s music to its literature, film, and theater will also be explored.
TAP Competency: Appreciation of the Aesthetic Dimensions of Humankind