Greening the Curriculum: Beyond a Short Music History in Ecomusicology
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Aaron S. Allen, Associate Professor of Musicology and Director, Environment & Sustainability Program (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Most of the ecomusicology literature deals either with music of and, especially, after the nineteenth century or with music/sound of non-Western cultures. What about the historical music of the Western tradition before the nineteenth century? This essay provides a few tentative possibilities. After providing a conspectus of ecomusicology and a brief conspectus of work in this field, I emphasize the problem of this "short music history" in ecomusicology. After presenting a syllabus and overview of my own music and environment class, which represents that problem, I critique that class and propose ideas for revising it and for incorporating ecomusicology topics into a typical Western music history survey course. I conclude by reflecting on the place of ecomusicology in the general greening of the liberal arts curriculum.
Greening the Curriculum: Beyond a Short Music History in Ecomusicology
PDF (Portable Document Format)
228 KB
Created on 4/12/2019
Views: 712
Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Music History Pedagogy 8, no. 1, 91-109
- Language: English
- Date: 2017
- Keywords
- environment, sustainability, liberal arts