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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Examinations and Assignments:
2-3 short papers; final paper/project |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Topic: Spirituality, theatricality, and visuality in Tan Dun's operas and music for martial arts films
This course takes a close look at intersections of film music, opera, world music, experimental music, and Western art music. It explores the entanglement of spirituality, theatricality, and visuality in sound and music through learning about how Chinese artists have been searching for new aesthetics, new expressions, and new world market in the 21st century, especially that of one composer's creative path and distinguished global career often entangled with orientalism, eroticism, and China's historical and cultural symbols.
Tan Dun (1957-) is the most well-known and most controversial contemporary Chinese/Chinese American composer. His career spans from Asia to North America, Europe, and Australia. In this seminar, we will study Tan Dun's five operas including "Nine Songs," "Marco Polo," "Peony Pavilion," "Tea," and "The First Emperor" (commissioned by the Met), and his music for three martial arts films of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (won him an Oscar), "Hero," and "The Banquet." Focusing on the aspects of spirituality, theatricality, and visuality, the class will examine various roots and sources of Tan Dun's music, the impact of the "global flow" of the cultures, ideas, and resources, and the controversies in and surround his works. |
| Instructor(s): Zheng,Su Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: MST301; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: X |
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| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
T.Viswanathan and Matthew Harp Allen, MUSIC IN SOUTH INDIA |
Examinations and Assignments:
Students will produce a final project in addition to written assignments, and a mid-term exam. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Topic: Boundary Crossing in Indian Music
Students will be introduced to the core aspects such as raga and tala of India's two classical traditions in a broad perspective. The current practices of many varieties of Indian music are very much connected to one another. Thus, this course will be focused on the interrelated characteristics within the classical, popular, folk and devotional music cultures.
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| Instructor(s): Balasubrahmaniyan,B. Times: .M.W... 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: MST301; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 10 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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