Myth, cosmology, and sacred power
Contents
Assigned readings
A Musical View of the Universe- Kalapalo Myth and Ritual as Religious Performance
The Symbolization Process of the Shamanic Drums Used by the Manchus and Other Peoples in North Asia
Threshold to the Sacred- The Overture in Thai and Javanese Ritual Performance (focus on Lysloff)
Listenings, viewings
We will watch some films on Tuesday; please make every effort to attend class!
Discussion about this topic
Your selected readings
The Mythological Background of Hindu Music, by Lily Strickland This is a useful and concise summary of Hindustani Myth in Relation to Music for those less intimate with Hindustani music. Strickland surveys the various deities/avatars and their associative instruments, as well as the inherent difference between Hindustani and Western concepts/aspects of music. No in-depth study of any specific myth-cosmology-music-ritual performance, but many are mentioned--providing an appealing index for future myth-grounded musical research.~~--Kreisha 19:11, 1 March 2006 (MST)
