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21972-01 - Working group: New Music in Africa (1 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2009 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Veit Arlt (veit.arlt@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | African music has inspired many composers, a prominent example being György Ligeti who extended the dense textures of Central African polyphonic techniques by drawing out acoustically produced 'inherent rhythms' in the context of Western musical instruments. While such flirtations of Western composers with African music and other 'exotic idioms' has received much attention, the same is not the case with art music from Africa. In this one-day course with Prof. Martin Scherzinger (Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University) we discuss both examples of African art music and of European compositions borrowing from Africa. South African pianist Paul Hanmer, like Martin Scherzinger author of several contemporary South African compositions, will also be present in the course and presents some of his music for discussion and analysis by the group. The course will be taught as a one-day seminar on Saturday 9 May 2009. Attendance at the preparatory meeting on Wednesday 11 March 2009, 12h15-13h45 and at the public lecture of Prof. Scherzinger for the Swiss Musicological Society is mandatory. Each student write an essay and will present his findings with a short oral presentation during the seminar. |
| Bibliography | Scherzinger, Martin: "Art music in a cross-cultural context: the case of Africa." The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Music. Eds. Nicholas Cook and Anthony Pople. Cambridge 2004, pp.584-613. Njoku, Johnston Akuma-Kalu: Art composed music in Africa. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. I (Africa). Ed. Ruth Stone. New York 1998, pp. 232-253. |
| Comments | Der Kurs findet in englischer Sprache als Blockveranstaltung am Samstag 9. Mai 2009 statt. Der Besuch des Vorbereitungstreffens am Mittwoch 11. März 2009, 12h15-13h45 ist verpflichtend, ebenso der öffentliche Vortrag von Prof. Scherzinger (Jahresvortrag der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft vom 11. oder 12. Mai 2009. |
| Admission requirements | Forgeschrittene Studierende, Englischkenntnisse. |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Culture and Society (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul Historischer Bereich IV (19./20. Jhd.) (Master's degree subject: Musicology) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Lehrveranstaltungsbegleitend (Essay mit Referat |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Musikwissenschaftliches Institut |