MHMUS 482 — Introduction to Ethnomusicology

3 credits
Spring
Fredara Hadley

Prerequisite: MHMUS 311 . In this course, ethnomusicological frameworks are used to explore how musical meaning is constructed. Anchored in the importance of one’s “lived experience,” the material discussed emphasizes the relationship between ethnomusicology and jazz and classical music. Topics include a historical overview of ethnomusicological theory, the influence of fieldwork as a research method, the relationship between musicians and ethnomusicologists, and the intersecting roles of ethnomusicology in jazz, classical, folk, and popular genres. Students will complete projects anchored in ethnomusicological insights that address both music in which they are a participant and musics with which they are less familiar.