An Introduction to Musicology and Interdisciplinarity in Music Studies
HISTORY AND GENERAL MUSIC KNOWLEDGE 1
NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DANCE, SEYCHELLES
2011
An Introduction to Musicology and Interdisciplinarity in
Music Studies
Thursday, 3 :30 PM
Marie-Christine Parent
PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology
University of Montreal / University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
Email adress : mcparent2004@yahoo.ca
PLAN OF STUDY
1 February 3rd Presentation and Introduction to Music History and Musicology
2 February 10th Introduction to Research Methodology in Musicology : Music as a Science
Music Appreciation : How to Listen to Music ?
3 February 17th Music and Social Sciences : Music as Culture
4 February 24th Music and Oral Tradition : Some Issues and Methodology of Research
5 March 3rd Music and Society 1 : Music, History and Politics
6 March 10th Music and Society 2 : Music and Identity
7 March 17th Music and Society 3 : Music and Globalization
8 March 24th Music and Cognitive Sciences : Music and Brain,
Oral Presentations and Discussions
9 March 31th Oral Presentations and Discussions
EVALUATION
Research Paper (6 to 10 pages) 40%
Oral Presentation (5 to 10 minutes) 20%
Participation in Class 40%
RESEARCH PAPER OPTIONS :
1) To chose a musical style and to give a musical, social and historical description. (What? Who? How? When? For what?) ;
2) To develop one of the topics about Music and Society and to apply it to a specific case ;
3) To elaborate a questionnaire on a specific topic, to interview at least two persons and to write an article
DO NOT FORGET !!!
Please, submit your paper subject (intrigue) for approbation and a short description of the methodology you will be using (how you will do your research – 2-3 lines) BEFORE March 1rst by email to : mcparent2004@yahoo.ca or on paper before the 5th class.
Send a resume of your oral presentation BEFORE March 15th if you would like to have some recommandations and get prepared for some questions I might ask you.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (to be completed)
CHOPPY, Penda, 2006, The Seychelles ‘moutia’ as a theatre prototype and historical record. (last consultation on February 15, 2011)
DESROCHES, Monique, 1996, Musical Tradition in Martinique : Between the Local and the Global. (last consultation on February 15, 2011)
FERNANDO, Nathalie, 2004, « Expérimenter en ethnomusicologie », L’Homme 3/2004 (n° 171-172), p. 284-302.
URL : www.cairn.info/revue-l-homme-2004-3-page-284.htm.
GUILBAULT, Jocelyne, 1997, The Politics of Labelling Popular Musics in English Caribbean. (last consultation on February 15, 2011)
LAGARDE, Benjamin, Un monument musical à la mémoire des ancêtres esclaves : le maloya (La Réunion) (last consultation on February 15, 2011)
PARENT, Marie-Christine, 2007, La notion de patrimoine culturel vivant en ethnomusicologie (résumé)
SCHUMANN, Anne, The Beat that Beat Apartheid : The Role of Music in the Resistance against Apartheid in South Africa (last consultation on February 15, 2011)
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