Ethnomusicology: Seminar

Harvard FAS

Music and Language. This course focuses on the practical interfaces between "music" (forms, genres, and practices) and "language" (structures, patterns, and habits of use). Over the semester students will read a diverse selection of writings from ethnomusicology, historical musicology, music theory and philosophy, linguistics, and linguistic anthropology. Readings and assignments will balance attention to theoretical treatment of music-language relations with practical exercises…