ETHNMUS C156A

Music in China

Ethnomusicology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Limited to Ethnomusicology majors. Survey of traditional, popular, and Western-influenced musics currently widespread in China, including musical analysis of different genres; examination of contexts in which they exist. Investigation of profound effect of Confucian and Communist ideologies on music. Concurrently scheduled with course C256A.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Fall 2025

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 20C.

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ETHNMUS 20C

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ETHNMUS C156A

ETHNMUS 20CMusical Cultures of World: Asia
- ETHNMUS 10AMusic Theory and Musicianship I
  - ETHNMUS M6AIntroduction to Global Musicianship
- ETHNMUS 10BMusic Theory and Musicianship II
  - ETHNMUS 10AMusic Theory and Musicianship Ianother path to it
- MUSC 20CMusic Theory III
  - MUSC 20BMusic Theory II1 more beneath

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