Readings & Listening

This page lists the reading and listening assignments. The listening assignments are from the recordings included with each textbook.

Textbooks

Stone, Ruth. Music in West Africa. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780195145007.

Gold, Lisa. Music in Bali. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780195141498.

Marcus, Scott. Music in Egypt. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780195146455.

Ruckert, George. Music in North India. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780195139938.

Wade, Bonnie. Thinking Musically. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780195136647.

Course reading and listening table.
WEEK #	TOPICS	READINGS AND LISTENING
1	Unit 1 - Introduction
2-4	Unit 2 - North India	Week 2 Wade. Chapter 1. Ruckert. Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Week 3 Wade. Chapters 3, 4, and 5. Ruckert. Chapters 4 and 5. Week 4 Wade. Chapters 6 and 7. Ruckert. Chapters 6 and 7.
5-7	Unit 3 - Africa	Week 5 Stone. Chapters 1-2. Week 6 Stone. Chapters 3-4. Week 7 Stone. Chapterts 5-6. Chase, Gilbert. "The Ethiopian Business." In America's Music. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1992, chapter 13. ISBN: 9780252062759. Epstein, Dena. "Prologue: The American Heritage and Middle Passage." In Sinful Tunes and Spirituals. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780252071508.
8	Midterm Exam
9-11	Unit 4 - Bali	Week 9 Gold. Chapters 1-3. Week 10 Gold. Chapters 4 and 5. Week 11 Gold. Chapters 6 and 7.
12-13	Unit 5 - Mid East	Week 12 Marcus. Chapters 1-3. Week 13 Marcus. Chapters 4-6.
14	Final Exam