ETHNMUS 285

Seminar: Comparative Music Theory

Ethnomusicology · 6 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Comparative study of codified music theories of select cultures—Western and non-Western—considered in themselves and as expressions of their societies. Theory considered as science of music; its place between cultural values and artistic practice in different civilizations.

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