• # Civilization
• # Southeast asia
• # People's republic of china

This course introduces different world musics of each continent with their cultural backgrounds. Each civilization in its personal background has developed its personal culture and made diverse color from it. Between all those culture circumstances, music is the one which shows clearly this nature. To understand a specific music, we have to know all about the civilization of this music but understanding the music first, gives the occasion to know more easily the different civilization. Audio visual materials will be used to have a large view of the world and to understand the universality and the difference of several civilizations. A tour from Africa, West Indies, Oceania, America, Southern Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Arab, Central Asia, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan·China of the Far East Asia and to Korea will complete the term. For more information about the structure and the contents of this lecture, please refer to its plan. The lecture and teaching materials will be in English. The basic material will be introduced at the first lecture and a CD of audio visual materials will be distributed to each student. This lecture will move ahead with a group presentation of studies done before and a written opinion of the lecture, thoughts and hearing, a free discussion and a supplementary appreciation. The evaluation will be done with a midterm and a final examinations, an written assignment, the attendance and the participation in the class.