Note that listening will be emphasized throughout the course. You will be expected to recognize and identify various excerpts from the assigned listening. Supplemental listening will be available at the Library Music and Media Center and supplemental readings are available on reserve. See the posted schedule for hours. Material culture of music Music is a fluid, dynamic element of a culture, and it changes to suit that culture's expressive and emotional needs.
Music is an especially human adaptation to human needs.
As needs change in a society, so does the society's music. We will study several music-cultures in order to understand better the relationship of the four components above to the sound of the music. Jeff Todd Titon, ed. Reserve Reading List Feld, Steven. The Anthropology of Music .