ETHNMUS C165

Selected Topics in Composition

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

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Evaluation of important musical concepts and approaches to enable students to develop greater compositional technique and understanding. Ways composers of jazz, European classical, and other musical genres have successfully approached use of extended compositional forms. Examination of way in which world music traditions have interfaced with jazz and other types of music to create new musical languages. Use of concepts, structural paradigms, and inspiration from literature, visual arts, and other sources to develop student compositions. May be repeated once for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C270.

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