MUS140: Music of the
World's Peoples
FINAL EXAM
PREPARATION
EXAM TIME: Tuesday May 4, 7:45-9:45am
The exam will consist of twelve video examples, all
represented on this page. In the exam you will be shown the
videos (or substantial excerpts of them). On the exam
document you will identify the type of music, indicate the
location of the music by putting a dot on the map (see
bottom of page for a map indexed to the listening
examples), and then answer questions about the music from
the accompanying questions given below.
MUSIC EXAMPLE 1: Sioux Grass Dance (Wyoming, USA)
(Similar to CD track 1:3; p.38)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 2: Agbekor drumming (Ghana)
(Similar to CD tracks 1:11 and 1:12; pp.72-82)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 3: Mbria music of the Shona (Zimbabwe)
(Similar to CD track 1:14; p.95)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 4: "Black Woman", a prison work song (Mississippi, USA)
(Similar to CD track 1:18 from textbook; p.114)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 5: Twinkle Brothers & Trebunie-Tutki blending Jamaican reggae and Polish Podhale music
(Similar to CD track 1:31 from textbook; p.170)
(Note: for this example you must mark both Jamaica and Poland on the map)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 6: "Saraswati" performed by Kaushiki Chakrabarthy-Desikan (Bangladore, India)
(Similar to CD track 2:3 in the textbook; p.204)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 7: Gamelan ensemble (Bali)
(Similar to CD track 2:6 in the textbook; p.233)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 8: Sizhu ("Silk and Bamboo") music (Shanghai, China)
(See CD track 2:10; p.254 in textbook)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbf7DUgdX7k (embedding disabled)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 9: Samba (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
(This was covered in class and is not in the textbook; look up the role of samba in the Brazilian festival called "Carnival")
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 10: Quichua sanjuán (Ecuador)
(Similar to CD track 3:4 from textbook; p.297)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 11: Islamic Call to Prayer (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
(see p.327 in textbook)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
MUSIC EXAMPLE 12: Zaffah wedding procession (Morocco)
(See CD track 3:11 in textbook; p.343)
What is the social context in which this music was typically performed?
Has that context remained the same over time, or has it changed? How?
What function does this music have in the society?
If there is a text, what is the meaning of the text?
