View source for Week 6 (Feb 8-12) - Marketing authenticity: traditional music in the world music market

'''Tuesday 9''': Lecture & class discussion

''Assigned readings:'' 

Shannon, Jonathan H. “Sultans of Spin. Syrian Sacred Music on the World Stage.” In Post, Jennifer C. (ed.) ''Ethnomusicology. A Contemporary Reader''. New York: Routledge, 2006, pp. 17-32; 

Chen, Pi-yen. “Buddhist chant, devotional song, and commercial popular music: from ritual to rock mantra”, ''Ethnomusicology'', 49/2, 2005, pp. 266-286.

Links for this class:

http://www.alkindi.org/

http://www.fesfestival.com/en07/city-festival.php

	
'''Thursday 11''': Film screening and class discussion

Film: ''When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan''. By Jasmine Dellal. Little Dust Production, 2006.

''Additional reading'': 

Zemp, Hugo. "The/An Ethnomusicologist and the Record Business", ''Yearbook for Traditional Music'', 28, 1996, pp. 36-56.