World Music Resources in Composition

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
Prerequisites
AR-111, HR-211, and one of the following: CM-311, ILPH-351, ILPH-357, MLAN-345, MLAN-346, or PSW-351
Required Of
None
Electable By
All
Major Elective for
Composition
Film Scoring
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
Boston
Department
COMP
Course Chair
Richard Carrick
Taught By
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