MUSIC 3313

Pianos, Nations, and Empires

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Outside of its native West, how and why have people made the piano theirs? This course will investigate how the piano (and its associated Western musical systems) have functioned culturally and politically amidst various and shifting notions of modernity and national identity across the Global South. Included in this broad survey are 20th-century developments from sub-Saharan Africa, Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and East Asia, as well as excursions into the Americas.

When Offered Spring.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, HST-AS)
Course Attribute (CU-ITL)

Comments Recommended prerequisite: A basic familiarity with Western staff notation or concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 1100 - Elements of Musical Notation is recommended, but not required.

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