Week 9 - Oct 31, Nov 2 & 4, 2011 - Musics of the world in the World Music market
- Mon: Lecture (case study: Central African Republic)
- Wed: Film screening: Buena Vista Social Club, by Wim Wenders (Films - Music 102 2011)
- Fri: Lecture (case study: Syria)
Readings:
Assigned reading:
Feld, Steven. “Pygmy POP: A genealogy of schizophonic mimesis.” Yearbook for Traditional Music, 28, 1996, pp. 1-35.
Audio examples for this class: protected content
Additional reading:
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.
YouTube links for this class:
Al-Kindi Ensemble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSrdFo-vNDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpYODriqG3s
Further reading (film reading):
Perna, Vincenzo. “Marketing nostalgia: the rise of Buena Vista Social Club” in Vincenzo Perna, Timba: the sound of the Cuban crisis, Aldershot & Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005.