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UNDERSTANDING MUSIC HISTORY 1: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ART MUSIC IN EUROPE, C800-1800
Country
United Kingdom - Scotland
Host Institution
University of Edinburgh
Program(s)
University of Edinburgh
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
116
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
UNDERSTANDING MUSIC HISTORY 1: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ART MUSIC IN EUROPE, C800-1800
UCEAP Transcript Title
EUR MUSIC HISTORY
UCEAP Quarter Units
8.00
UCEAP Semester Units
5.30
Course Description

This course takes a critical and historiographical approach to the study of music from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century. It explores the emergence and development of new styles of music through this period and the ways in which they develop from and reflect the societies that produced them. It also focuses on the ways in which we have constructed our histories of these periods: what pieces, and what stories about them, are included, and which are not? Score-reading skills are a prerequisite for this course.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MUSI08084
Host Institution Course Title
UNDERSTANDING MUSIC HISTORY 1: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ART MUSIC IN EUROPE, C800-1800
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Edinburgh College of Art
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department

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INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR MUSIC ANALYSIS
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
102
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR MUSIC ANALYSIS
UCEAP Transcript Title
POP MUSIC ANALYSIS
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description

This course introduces students to the description, analysis, and interpretation of popular music. We will focus mainly on the music of popular music, exploring (1) how it is structured, patterned, and organized, and (2) how it achieves its effects. We will consider various stylistically relevant musical features, such as form, melody, harmony, timbre, rhythm, and sound design. Students will build their skills in identifying and describing salient features in popular works, and they will learn to produce their own critically informed close readings of individual popular songs. We'll also look at ways others have modeled these skills. A wide range of musical styles will be discussed, though the course is not intended as a historical survey.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
53477
Host Institution Course Title
INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR MUSIC ANALYSIS
Host Institution Campus
Humboldt University
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft

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JAZZ HISTORY
Country
Japan
Host Institution
Keio University
Program(s)
Keio University
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
51
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
JAZZ HISTORY
UCEAP Transcript Title
JAZZ HISTORY
UCEAP Quarter Units
3.00
UCEAP Semester Units
2.00
Course Description

This class introduces the history of jazz and increases one's understanding of and appreciation for jazz music. Jazz music has stylistically changed over the last 100 years; this course covers the history of jazz from the beginning of jazz to the present styles.

Those who are interested in jazz music and those learning how to play jazz will benefit from taking this course. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
N/A
Host Institution Course Title
JAZZ HISTORY
Host Institution Campus
Keio University
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Collegewide

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POP SONGS AND POETRY: THEORY AND ANALYSIS
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Maastricht University – University College Maastricht
Program(s)
University College Maastricht
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music English
UCEAP Course Number
116
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
POP SONGS AND POETRY: THEORY AND ANALYSIS
UCEAP Transcript Title
POP SONGS & POETRY
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

The course Poetry and Pop Songs reads English and American poetry from the 20th and 21st centuries Works are unraveled from a variety of older and newer music artists, ranging for example from U2 and Coldplay to Rihanna and Pink.  Students learn how to interpret poetry and popular music in a systematic and sophisticated way, and to write an in-depth analysis of a song or poem. The focus is on the analysis of the lyrics or ‘text’ of the poems and songs by using insights and tools from literary theory to find out how (specific) poems work, which effects they evoke, and what they mean. Students also apply these tools to the analysis of song texts. The course focuses on contemporary popular music, which means including other genres than just conventional pop music, such as rap, hip-hop, and rock.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
HUM1012
Host Institution Course Title
POP SONGS AND POETRY: THEORY AND ANALYSIS
Host Institution Campus
University College Maastricht
Host Institution Faculty
Humanities
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department

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CHORUS
Country
Chile
Host Institution
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Program(s)
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
112
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CHORUS
UCEAP Transcript Title
CHORUS
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
This course is a choral singing class that focuses on the works of different periods and styles in groups of one, two, three and four mixed voices; the understanding and discrimination of intervals; knowledge of dynamics; diatonism and chromatism; and rhythmical independence.
Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
MUC701
Host Institution Course Title
CHORUS
Host Institution Campus
Casa Central
Host Institution Faculty
Instituto de Música
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department

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THE ORCHESTRA AND ORCHESTRAL TECHNIQUES
Country
Ghana
Host Institution
University of Ghana, Legon
Program(s)
University of Ghana
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
111
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
THE ORCHESTRA AND ORCHESTRAL TECHNIQUES
UCEAP Transcript Title
ORCHESTRA TECHNIQUE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course covers the recognition of instruments, traditional roles, ranges, and capabilities; the scoring for strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and voice; the history of the Western Orchestra; conducting and conductors; and orchestral techniques. Aspects covered include texture, intersectional blends, balance, influence of dynamics and selection of instruments. Selections covered include Baroque, classical, Romantic and 20th century models, and a critical review of ensembles of African instruments.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MUSC 339
Host Institution Course Title
THE ORCHESTRA AND ORCHESTRAL TECHNIQUES
Host Institution Campus
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON
Host Institution Faculty
PERFORMING ARTS
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
MUSIC

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POPULAR MUSIC, CULTURAL IDENTITIES AND IRELAND
Country
Ireland
Host Institution
University of Galway
Program(s)
University of Galway
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music Celtic Studies
UCEAP Course Number
145
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
POPULAR MUSIC, CULTURAL IDENTITIES AND IRELAND
UCEAP Transcript Title
POPULAR MUS&IRELAND
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course introduces students to critical scholarship in Irish popular music, drawing on writings in ethnomusicology, cultural geography, popular music studies, and Irish studies. Particular emphasis is given to histories of popular music styles and performances from 1960 to the 21st century examining key canonical figures within Irish popular music and significant recordings/events heralding new Irish identities. Topics for discussion include regional and transnational Irish music scenes; musical hybridity; gender and Irish popular music; Irish popular music and LGBT; Irish popular music in literature and visual media; and marginalized ethnic voices in Irish popular music. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
IS2105
Host Institution Course Title
POPULAR MUSIC, CULTURAL IDENTITIES AND IRELAND
Host Institution Campus
University of Galway
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Irish Studies

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TRADITIONAL DRUMMING I
Country
Ghana
Host Institution
University of Ghana, Legon
Program(s)
University of Ghana
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
102
UCEAP Course Suffix
A
UCEAP Official Title
TRADITIONAL DRUMMING I
UCEAP Transcript Title
TRADITIONL DRUMMING
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course is a hands-on activity that teaches the skills necessary for playing Ghanaian/African drums. It also examines the uses of African drums and other percussion instruments as it relates to the life and culture of Ghanaian and African societies. The course is largely practical but also touches on the origins and roles of African drums and other percussion instruments and explores the position of drumming within the larger context of African music. Students are required to play all of the basic rhythms of a particular musical ensemble at the end of the course.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
DANS 311
Host Institution Course Title
TRADITIONAL DRUMMING I
Host Institution Campus
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON
Host Institution Faculty
PERFORMING ARTS
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Dance

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MUSIC ANALYSIS
Country
United Kingdom - Scotland
Host Institution
University of Edinburgh
Program(s)
University of Edinburgh
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
107
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
MUSIC ANALYSIS
UCEAP Transcript Title
MUSIC ANALYSIS
UCEAP Quarter Units
8.00
UCEAP Semester Units
5.30
Course Description

This course provides an introduction to the analysis of music composed in the Western extended common practice. It concentrates on Western tonal music from the 17th to the 20th centuries, but more broadly extends modal and post-tonal repertoires from c. 1350 to the present, and ranges from instrumental and vocal genres to music theatre and music for screen. It involves the study of musical scores alongside aural evidence obtained from listening. Students must be able to read music and a good grasp of basic theory (harmonic functions, cadences, etc.).

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MUSI08076
Host Institution Course Title
MUSIC ANALYSIS
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Edinburgh College of Art
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department

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SCIENCE OF SOUND
Country
Korea, South
Host Institution
Seoul National University
Program(s)
Seoul National University
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music
UCEAP Course Number
17
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
SCIENCE OF SOUND
UCEAP Transcript Title
SOUND SCIENCE
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description

This course is designed to provide a basic scientific understanding of musical instruments. The first eight weeks of the course focuses on musical instruments and basic acoustics; the latter part of the course features world folk musical instruments and the professor's hand-made instruments. The course also gives the opportunity for groups of students to make their own musical instruments and demonstrate them to the class.  

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
054.020
Host Institution Course Title
SCIENCE OF SOUND
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Liberal Education
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
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