Schedule "Norwegian Music for International Students" MUS1401 BA Spring -11
(Arvid O. Vollsnes, arvid@imv.uio.no, room 314 ZEB, ph + 54760)Thursday20 Jan The broad lines27 Jan Organization of musical life 3 Feb Musical institutions10 Feb Folk music 17 Feb European or National music?24 Feb NO CLASS 3 Mar Rock and the popular music scene (Hans Thv. Zeiner-Henriksen)10 Mar Rock and the popular music scene (Hans Thv. Zeiner-Henriksen)17 Mar New trends in the last decades24 Mar SEMINAR 31 Mar SEMINAR 7 Apr SEMINAR14 Apr SEMINAR21 Apr EASTER break28 Apr SEMINARThursday 12:15-14:00, Seminarrom 1, ZEB-bygningen Assignments Four individual assignments (approved by teacher) and one individual presentation of the proposed essay in a seminar are required before the final essay is started. Exam information An essay assignment that consists of c.10-12 pages (each 2300 characters without spaces).The student submits a temporary proposal of topic before 25 February and a final version of theme, reading list etc 1 April. The student presents his/her proposed essay in a seminar. The essay is finally submitted in FRONTER, at the latest 23 May. Assessment and grading Course grades are awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail. Literature Grinde, Nils: A history of Norwegian music. (Lincoln:University of Nebraska Press, 1991)Maagerø, Eva & Birte Simonsen (ed.): Norway - Society and Culture. (Portal:Kristiansand, 2008) Storey, John: Inventing Popular Culture. From Folklore to Globalization (Chpt 6&8 on www)Weisethaunet, Hans: ”Historiography and complexities: why is music ‘national’?” (on:) http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewToc.do?titleID=253764&yevoID=2216109Øyvind Østerud: "Norwegian Nationalism in European Context" (p. 29-39) in Sørensen, Øystein (ed): Nationalism in small European nations. (KULTs skriftserie no 47), Oslo 1996 (also in this book: Miroslav Hroch: "Specific Features of the Nation-Forming" (p. 7-28))Øystein Sørensen: "The Development of a Norwegian National Identity during the Nineteenth Century", in Sørensen, Øystein (ed): Nordic paths to national identity in the nineteenth century. (KULTs skriftserie no 22), Oslo 1994and material we gradually will accumulate through your assignments.Listening material will be found at the library and in Vollsnes, A.O.: Norges musikkhistorie vol. 1-5. (Reserved at the reading room at Sophus Lies hus, on loan from the HUMSAM library.)Teaching plan
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