CSU-Hayward
Department of Music
Music 6160, Section 01, 6:30-9:10pm
Music of the Orient
Fall 2002

Click here for Practicum Guide

Click here for CSUH Library Hours.

Dr. Laura Stanfield Prichard
510.336.0336 Home Phone | 510.469.6876 Cell Phone
Email laura@prichard.net | Webpage http://prichard.net/laura

Primary texts:
William Malm. Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East, and Asia. Third edition. NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.

  • Third edition preferred, second edition acceptable (1977).
  • If accompanying cassette is available, please purchase.
  • Please order a used copy if possible. You could save $85. Best source: http://www.bookfinder.com

The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan. Compact disc set. Smithsonian #SFW CD 40438, 2002.

  • Two CD set with notes by Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project.
  • Copies available online from http://www.amazon.com and http://www.cdconnection.com

Course Requirements:
1. Regular Attendance and Participation 30%
2. Outside reading and listening assignments
3. Two written & one oral assignments 45%
4. One final paper (written and listening components) 25%

WEEK 1
September 30 Central Asia

  • Introduction to Course & Explanation of Assignments
  • Asian Subjects for Operettas and Operas (Sondheim's "Pacific Overtures" [Music/Media Desk #LP9114]; Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" [Music/Media Desk #CD3558 and others]; Sullivan's "Mikado" [Music/Media Desk #LP616]; Schonberg's "Miss Saigon" [Music/Media Desk #CD126]
  • History of Ethnomusicology : "The History of Music in Sound, vol. 1 Ancient and Oriental Music [Music/Media Desk #LP251]

  • FOCUS: "Oriental Influences" on European Art Music
  • FOCUS: Central Asia - The Silk Road

  • Listening assignment for 10/7: Listen to the Smithsonian 2-CD set and read the enclosed notes.
  • Reading assignment for 10/7: Read the 3 very short sections in Malm on Central Asian Republics (4pp.), Afghanistan (2 pp.), and Mongolia (4pp.)
  • Optional Listening assignment for 10/7: "Mongolia: living music of the steppes" (originally from an 80-cd series) Multicultural Media, 1992. [Music/Media Desk CD2013]
  • Optional Listening assignment for 10/7: "Georgia: the resounding popyphony of the Caucausus [sic]" (originally from an 80-cd series) Multicultural Media, 1992. [Music/Media Desk CD2016]

WEEK 2
October 7 Meet in CSU-Hayward Music Library with Judy Clarence

  • FOCUS: Research Materials for Asian Music
  • the new Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
  • JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance
  • Periodicals (Asian Music, Chinese Music, Ethnomusicology)
  • Reading assignment for 10/14: Read the sections in Malm on East Asia and Northeast Asia (75pp.)
  • Listening assignment for 10/14: Choose at least one volume of the JVC Video Anthology: East Asia and view, reading the accompanying guide. [Music/Media Desk VHS7590-VHS7594 have Korean, Chinese and Mongolian music, dance, and theater]
  • Listening assignment for 10/14: Compare at least one Kabuki track on the LP record "Japan: Kabuki & other traditional music" [Music/Media Reserve #9657] with at least one instrumental chamber music track on the LP record "Japan: traditional vocal & instrumental music" [Music/Media Reserve #9602] OR on the LP record "Shakuhachi: the Japanese flute" [Music/Media Reserve #9601]
  • Optional Listening assignment for 10/14: View the famous revolutionary/propagandistic dance drama from China "Red Detachment of Women]" [Music/Media Desk VHS5234]

WEEK 3
October 14 East Asia & Assignment Review

  • China (instrumental traditions)
  • Japan (Kabuki and chamber music)
  • Korean Court Music

  • FOCUS: Chinese Opera
  • FOCUS: Japanese-American Taiko Drumming

WEEK 4
October 21 Lab Practicum: Click here for assignment guide

  • Choose one topic and consult with instructor
  • Research & attend at least one performance
  • Participate in at least one class/lesson
  • Fill out practicum form and attach outline
  • Reading assignment for 10/28: Read both sections in Malm on Southeast Asia (40pp.)
  • Listening assignment for 10/28: "Selections from the Music of Indonesia" (originally a 20-cd series, UC-Berkeley owns all of it) Smithsonian, 1999. [Music/Media Desk CD4034]
  • Listening assignment for 10/28: Choose at least one volume of the JVC Video Anthology: East Asia and view, readingthe accompanying guide. [Music/Media Desk VHS7595-VHS7599 have Thai, Burmese, Indonesian, Philippine, Malaysian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese music, dance, and theater]
  • Optional istening assignment for 10/28: View the video "Philipino Artists : struggle, success, tagumpay" (Spotlights Filipino musicians and artists in the San Francisco Bay Area) [Music/Media Desk VHS8417]

WEEK 5
October 28 Southeast Asia

  • Malay Peninsula & Indonesia
  • Organology Case Study: Philippine Bossed Gongs (Guest lecture by Adriana Ratsch-Rivera)

  • Written Assignment #1 Due (Library Hunt & Email)
  • FOCUS: Balinese Gamelan

  • Reading assignment for 11/3: Read two short sections in Malm on Theology and Music in Islam (1p.) and Classical Music (15pp.)

WEEK 6
November 3 Field Trip to UC-Berkeley Concert

Four of Iran's finest musical virtuosos showcase the haunting melodies and complex ornamentation of classical Persian music. Superstar vocalist Mohammed Reza Shajarian, a national treasure in his native Iran, collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma on the Silk Road Project and has been a key figure in the recent re-blossoming of Persian musical forms. He is joined by tar (plucked lute) and setar (Persian sitar) master Hossein Alizadeh; kamancheh (spiked fiddle) virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor; and his son, Homayoun, on the tombak (hand drum). Committed to preserving their country's musical heritage, the ensemble specializes in Persian radif &emdash; the folk-infused tradition of hypnotic melodies and rhythms inspired by poetry dating back to the seventh century.

  • FOCUS: Masters of Persian Classical Music

Sunday, 7pm, Zellerbach Hall, UC - Berkeley

  • Reading Assignment for 11/11: Look through Vinaver, Chemjo. "Anthology of Jewish music, with original notations and commentary in English and Hebrew; sacred chant and religious folk song of the Eastern European Jews." New York, E. B. Marks, 1955. [Music Stacks (f) M2186.V5 A5]
  • Reading assignment for 11/11: Read the rest of the sections in Malm on Muslim Africa, Ethiopia, and the Near East (20pp.)
  • Listening assignment for 11/11: Choose at least one volume of the JVC Video Anthology: East Asia and view, reading the accompanying guide. [Music/Media Desk VHS7605-VHS7606 have Middle Eastern and North African music, dance, and theater]
  • Listening assignment for 11/11: Watch at least 20 minutes of the videorecording "Ofra Haza: from sunset till dawn". [Music/Media Desk VHS7249]
  • Optional Listening assignment for 11/11: "Egypt: Echoes of the Nile - Aspects of Egyptian music" (originally from an 80-cd series) Multicultural Media, 1992. [Music/Media Desk CD2012]
  • Optional Listening assignment for 11/11: "Klezmer music, 1910-1942" Folkways, 1981. [Music/Media Desk LP10393]

WEEK 7
November 11 The Near East

  • Northern Africa
  • The Islamic Near East

This is not a holiday for Veteran's Day.
  • FOCUS: Yemenite Jews

  • Reading assignment for 11/18: Read the section in Malm on Oceania (32pp.)
  • Listening assignment for 11/18: Listen to at least two tracks of the LP "Instrumental Melodies" (Hawaiian popular music) [Music/Media Desk #642]
  • Listening assignment for 11/18: Choose at least one of the following LPs of Australian aboriginal music: "Songs from Arnhem Land" [Music/Media Desk #1663]; "Songs from the Northern Territory [Music/Media Desk #1684]; "Songs from Yarrabah" [Music/Media Desk #4977]; Tribal Music of Australia [Music/Media Desk #6239]
  • Optional listening assignment for 11/18: Watch the videotape "Legends of the Dreamtime" [Music/Media Desk VHS6990] about social life and traditional customs of Australian aborigines.

WEEK 8
November 18 Pacific Islands

  • Written Assignment #2 Due (Practicum Report)
  • Tonga and Missionary Influence
  • FOCUS: Tahiti & Hawaii
  • FOCUS: More on Japan and nearby islands
  • Australia

WEEK 9
November 25 Guest Lecturer/Performer on Regional Topic

  • Reading assignment for 12/2: Read the section in Malm on Southern Asia - India (25pp.)
  • Listening assignment for 12/2: Choose at least one volume of the JVC Video Anthology: East Asia and view, readingthe accompanying guide. [Music/Media Desk VHS7600-VHS7604 have Indian, Pakistani, Nepalese, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan music, dance, and theater]
  • Listening assignment for 12/2: Listen to "Bollywood" CD on reserve and read notes
  • Optional listening assignment for 12/2: See the video "An Indian Pilgrimage - Ramdevra" (devotional songs and folk music are featured throughout) [Music/Media Desk VHS6371]

WEEK 10
December 2 South Asia

  • FOCUS: Kathak Dance & Storytelling
  • Hindustani Music
  • Bharat Natyam
  • India's relationship with East Asia in music, dance, and culture

December 9 Final Research Paper Due

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