World Music Resources in Composition

Department - COMP
Offered - Fall, Spring
Course number - CM-361

Approaches to composition using ideas and aesthetic principles from a variety of non-Western musical traditions. Explorations of diverse concepts of rhythm, melody, timbre, and form as heard in the music of Africa, Asia, India, and South America. Assignments will include a substantial composition illustrating these principles.

Credits: 2
Course Chair: Arnold Friedman
Prerequisites: AR-111, HR-211, and one of the following: CM-311, ILPH-351, ILPH-357, LHAN-345, LHAN-346, or PSW-351
Required of: None
Electable by: All