MUSIC 2341 - Gamelan in Indonesian History and Cultures

(crosslisted) ASIAN 2245, VISST 2744
(GB) (ALC-AS, LA-AS) (CU-ITL)

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

No previous knowledge of musical notation or performance experience necessary. Majors may enhance this course with additional content and an extra credit by enrolling concurrently in MUSIC 3901.

C. Miller.

This course combines hands-on instruction in gamelan, Indonesia’s most prominent form of traditional music, and the academic study of the broader range of music found in contemporary Indonesia, including Western-oriented and hybrid popular forms. Students thus engage with music directly, and use it as a lens to examine the myriad social and cultural forces that shape it, and that are shaped by it. (HC)