COLLEGE OF MUSIC

University of the Philippines

Course Outline

Course Name and Number: MuL 13

Course Title: World Music Cultures

Course Description: A study of music from representative regions of the world from the perspectives of music as a sonic object, as a social act and as thought and cognition.

Course Credit: 3 u.

Domain: Arts and Humanities

Course Outline

I. Introduction: The Diversity of Musical Languages – Music is not a universal language but a universal phenomenon (3 hrs.)

II. Three musical streams – the Philippine indigenous, folk and urban music

cultures (3 hrs.)

III. Bossed gong cultures: the Indonesian Javanese and Balinese gamelan (3 hrs.)

IV. Loud and soft music: the pi phat and mohori of Thailand and Cambodia (3 hrs.)

V. Music of the elite: the Chinese ya-yueh, the Japanese gagaku and the

Korean aak (3 hrs.)

VI. Music of the masses: the Beijing opera, Japanese kabuki, and enka, the

Korean p’ansori, sinawi and sanjo (3 hrs.)

VII. Long songs and short songs: the Mongolian urtin duu and bogin duu (3 hrs.)

MID TERM EXAMINATION (1 ½ hrs.)

VIII. Drone, melody and rhythm – the Hindustani and Karnatic raga (3 hrs.)

IX. Music and religion: the Middle Eastern maqam and dastgah (3 hrs.)

X. Music and social process: Sub-Saharan Africa (3 hrs.)

XI. Three musical streams: The Indian, mestizo and Hispanic music cultures of

Latin America (3 hrs.)

XII. Musical diffusion and evolution: the American blues and jazz (3 hrs.)

XIII. Music and ritual: native American cultures (3 hrs.)

XIV. Epics, ballads and dances: music cultures of Europe (3 hrs.)

XV. Subjugation and sovereignty: the Hawaiian mele and hula (3 hrs.)

FINAL EXAMINATION (1 ½ hrs.)