Music in World Cultures MUH 2051 MUH 2512 Dr. Bakan – Summer “B” 2015
What, in the World, Is Music? Music? John Cage: “4’33” Pianist: David Tudor HypmW4Yd7SY
Music? Recitation of the Qur’an h?v=3hfcg9rYJ5g h?v=3hfcg9rYJ5g Listening: CD 1-4
Music? Overkill “Wrecking Crew/ Powersurge” h?v=Z5K_maIW4OM&index=5&l ist=PLA E87D79B h?v=Z5K_maIW4OM&index=5&l ist=PLA E87D79B
Five Propositions 1. The basic property of all music is sound 2. The sounds (and silences) that comprise a musical work are organized in some way 3. Sounds are organized into music by people; thus, music is a form of “humanly organized sound” (John Blacking) 4. Music is a product of human intention and perception (HIP) 5. The term music is inescapably tied to Western culture and its assumptions Ethnocentrism