MUH 2051 MUH 2512 Dr Bakan Summer B 2015 What in the World Is Music Music John Cage 433 Pianist David Tudor https wwwyoutubecomwatchvHypmW4Yd7SY ID: 316786
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Music in World Cultures
MUH 2051
MUH 2512
Dr.
Bakan
– Summer “B” 2015 Slide2
What, in the World, Is Music?
Music
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John Cage: “4’33”Pianist: David Tudor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HypmW4Yd7SYSlide3
Music?
Recitation of the Qur’an
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hfcg9rYJ5gListening: CD 1-4Slide4
Music?
Overkill
“Wrecking Crew/
Powersurge” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5K_maIW4OM&index=5&list=PLA90756818E87D79BSlide5
Five Propositions
1. The basic property of all music is sound
2. The sounds (and silences) that comprise a musical work are organized in some way3. Sounds are organized into music by people; thus, music is a form of “humanly organized sound” (John Blacking)
4. Music is a product of human intention and perception (HIP) 5. The term music is inescapably tied to Western culture and its assumptionsEthnocentrism