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”?