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Course
Announcement: Spring 2004 M690
– Seminar in
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An
introductory survey of the art, popular, and traditional music
from Latin America, including an examination of their cultural,
historical, and social contexts, as well as the major research
literature in English. M690
is suitable as an elective for students in music performance,
music scholarship, and Latin-American studies. It is required
for those students pursuing an individualized minor in Latin
American Music. This course is designed for graduate students.
Seniors may be accepted with permission from the instructor.
The students' individual interests and approaches to the material
will be especially encouraged. Questions?
Please contact lflopes@indiana.edu |
General Research Topics and Approaches to the Study of Latin American Music Undertaken by Previous Students of M690
a.Primary and secondary sources of research.
b.Historical development of musical genres.
c. Adoption and transformation of European, North-American, Native-American, and African-American styles, techniques and materials.
d. Issues and theories of musical identity and musicological representation.
e. Cultural and class cross-relations within Latin American society as reflected in their impact on musical activities and developments.
f. Relationship of the musics of Latin America and the United States in the twentieth-century and beyond.
g. Nationalism vs. internationalism.
h. Interaction of traditional, popular, and art music.
i. Interaction of music with other arts.
k. Original contributions of Latin American music to musical systems,
instruments, forms, and interpretations of the role of music and its context.
l. Colonial music in Hispanic America and Brazil.
m. Nineteenth-century music in Latin America.
n. Life and works of major composers from Latin America.
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