Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

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Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 15 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Music is created to be performed, in most cases for an audience, whether in a concert hall, at a street fair or through a radio. But how those listeners receive a piece or style of music influences...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Reception and the musical event in cross-cultural perspective
    • 1 Reception and the musical event in cross-cultural perspective
    • 2 Sundanese gamelan music and its reception
    • 2 Sundanese gamelan music and its reception
    • 2.1 Gamelan music in context
    • 2.2 A wayang golék performance
    • 3 Changing patterns of reception: concert culture, recording and broadcasting
    • 3 Changing patterns of reception: concert culture, recording and broadcasting
    • 3.1 Concert culture
    • 3.2 Technological change and the mediation of music
    • 4 Conclusion
    • 4 Conclusion
    • References
    • Further reading
    • Acknowledgements