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MUSIC 1110/01 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD MUSIC
READING AND LISTENING ASSIGNMENTS
MUSIC OF INDIA
Date and Subject
MONDAY (1/22):
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC
OF INDIA AND BASIC
CONCEPTS
Reading/Listening Assignment
TITON: CHP 6: 243-255
CD 2/20 “ENGAL
KALYANAM”
CD 2/21: “DEVI NIYE TUNAI”
Reading/Listening Questions
1. Which city does the author
describe? Where is it located? Why
does it have two names?
2. What are the two main culture
groups/language groups of India?
(p.247)
3. List three basic kinds of music one
might hear in this city. What types are
represented by the listening examples
(CD 2/20 and 2/21)?
WEDNESDAY (1/24):
THE KRITI
TITON: CHP 6: 255-273
CD 3/1: “SARASIRUHA”
MONDAY (1/29):
CINE MUSIC
NO READING
(CD 2/20 “ENGAL
KALYANAM”)
WEDNESDAY (1/31):
INDIA AND THE WEST
TITON: CHP 6: 273-275
NO LISTENING
1. What is “Karnataka sangeeta”?
2. Is Indian classical music an oral or
written tradition? Explain.
3. What are the three components of
classical music texture (p.260)?
4. How is raga different from a
Western scale or mode?
5. How does a tala cycle differ from
Western time signatures?
6. What are the sections of the kriti?
1. Besides being a sitar virtuoso, for
what is Ravi Shankar known?
2. What influence did Indian music
have on the British pop group “The
Beatles”?
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