ETHNMUS 8
Current Practices in Iranian Music-Making
Ethnomusicology · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Introduction to contemporary practices of Iranian music-making, with particular focus on social, cultural, religious, and political issues since 1979 Iranian Revolution. Consideration of interrelationships between musical genres. Analysis of how these types of music have intersected with issues of language, race, class, gender, ritual, politics, social movements, and cultural identity. Survey of evolution of Iranian musical practices during four decades of Iranian Revolution.
P/NP or letter grading.
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ETHNMUS 8
- ETHNMUS 144Special Topics in Iranian Music
- ETHNMUS 145Analyzing Rhythm in Persian Music
- ETHNMUS 163Theory, Practice, and Improvisation in Iranian Music
3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.





