MUL 2720
Supplemental Items in the UCF library

The following listed items, many of which were used in class, are not required reading or listening for the course, unless so noted on the course assignment pages. Nevertheless, you may find these books, recordings and scores useful in your studying. Unless otherwise marked, the item is in the general stacks of the UCF library.


General Resources

Ethnomusicology [ML 1 .E77; most recent (unbound) copies on periodical shelf; volumes 34-43 on microfilm]

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music [REF: ML 100 .G16]

The JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance [Media: M 1627 .J3 1990]

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians [REF: ML 100 .N48 2001 (also available online)]

The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments [REF: ML 102 .I5 N48]

Otto Karolyi, Traditional African & Oriental Music [ML 350 .K32 1998] (covers the music of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Islamic regions, India, China, Indonesia, Japan and the Far East)


Chapter 1

JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance Vols. 13, 17 & 19, items 13-1,2; 17-1, 8, 12, 13, 14; 19- 14, 15 (examples of instruments) [Videocassette: M 1627 .J3 1990 V. 13, 17, 19] (also note the information in Book IV & V, shelved next to the tapes.)

W.A. Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro [CD Box: CDR 408]

W.A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte [CD Box: CDR 409]


Chapter 2 : India

JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance Vol. 11, item 1 (Classical dance), Vol. 13, items 13-1 (Vina Solo) and 13-2 (Sitar solo) [Videocassette: M 1627 .J3 1990 V. 11 or 13] (also note the information in Book IV, shelved next to the tapes.)

North Indian Classical Music (Anthology of World Music) [CD Box: M 1808 .N67 1998]

Jugalbandi [CD: M 1809.18 .J84 2000] (a selection of 4 brief ragas played by a variety of Indian instruments)

Ravi Shankar, The Sounds of India [CD: M 385 .S53 S68] (a brief "Introduction to Indian Music" followed by 4 ragas played by one of the most famous Indian sitar players of all times)

North Indian Classical Music from the "Anthology of World Music" [CD Box: M 1808 .N67 1998] (4 CDs with a wide range of examples of NOrthern Indian musical styles and instruments)

Magic Flutes of North India [12" LP: PHR 2890]

The Columbia World Library of Folk and Primitive Music : India [12" LP: PHR 957]

Arun Bhattacharya, A Treatise on Ancient Hindu Music [ML 338 .B43]

Martin Clayton, Time in Indian Music : Rhythm, Metre, and Form in North Indian Rag Performance [ML 338 . C593 2000]

Peggy Holroyde, The Music of India [ML 338 .H64]

Baburao Joshi, Understanding Indian Music [ML 338 .J68 1975]


Chapter 3 : Middle East

JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance Vol. 16, items 16-1 (call to worship), 16-2 (Turkish band), 16-7 (Turkis saz soto), 16-11 (Iranian Santur solo), and 16-15 (Lebanese Belly Dance) [Videocassette: M 1627 .J3 1990 V. 16] (also note the information in Book V, shelved next to the tapes.)

Lloyd Clifton Miller, Music and Song in Persia [ML 344 .M55 1999]

Bruno Nettl, Daramad of Chahargah [ML 344 .N48]


Chapter 5 : Japan

Nagauta : Heart of Kabuki Music [Videocassette: ML 340.5 .N343 1994] (viewed in class)

Kabuki Techniques [Videocassette: PN 2924.5 .K3 K33 1995] (viewed in class)

Kabuki Classics : Onoe Baiko VII in "The Salt Gatherer" [Videocassette: PN 2924.5 .K3 O56 1997] (viewed in class)

The Art of Kabuki [videocassette: PN 2924.5 .K3 A72]

Japon: Musique du No [Japan: Noh Music] [CD: CDR 857] (Recording of an entire Noh play with its music)

Japon: Gagaku [CD: CDR 856]

Style of the Classic Japanese Noh Theatre [Videocassette: PN 2924.5 .N6 N648 1980] (assigned for viewing outside class)

Noh, Classical Theatre of Japan [Videocassette: PN 2924.5 .N6 N64 1980] (assigned for viewing outside class)

Bunraku [Videocassette: PN 1972 .P86 1997] (viewed in class)

Gagaku [Videocassette: ML 340 .G39 1989] (viewed in class)

Kodo [Videocassette: ML 421 .K63 1997] (viewed in class) (also see the link on the course home page to Kodo's official web site)

William P. Malm, Japanese Music and Musical Instruments [ML 340 .M3 2000 (w/ CD); also earlier editon: ML 340 .M3 1959]

William P. Malm, Music Cultures of the Pacific, The near East, and Asia, 2d ed. [ML 330 .M3 1977]


Chapter 6 : Indonesia (Gamelan)

JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance Vol. 10, items 10-3 (Gamelan degun [suling solo]), 10-2 (shadow puppet play), and 10-1 (Kecak [voice gamelan]) [Videocassette: M 1627 .J3 1990 V. 10] (also note the information in Book III, shelved next to the tapes.)

Music of Indonesia 7, Music from the Forests of Riau and Mentawai [CD: M 1824 .I5 M8 v.7] (xylophone examples used in class)

Music of Indonesia 8, Vocal and Instrumental Music from East and Central Flores [CD: M 1824 .I5 M8 v.8] (track 4: "Gang Bladung...." used in class)

Music of Indonesia 12, Gongs and Vocal Music from Sumtra [CD: M 1824 .I5 M8 v.12] (tracks 8-11 used in class)

Music of Indonesia 14, Lombok, Kalimantan, Bayumas... [CD: M 1824 .I5 M8 v.14] (track 7: "Memucukane" used in class)

Music of Indonesia 15, South Sulawesi Strings [CD: M 1824 .I5 M8 v.15]

Interaction : New Music for Gamelan [CD: CDR: 872] (compositions for gamelan by contemporary composers, track 6 = Lou Harrison's Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan)

Judith Becker, "Earth, Fire, Sakti, and the Javanese Gamelan," Ethnomusicology 32 (1988): 385-391 (a very accessible article on the culture of the gong smith)

William P. Malm, Music Cultures of the Pacific, The near East, and Asia, 2d ed. [ML 330 .M3 1977]

Neil Sorrell, A Guide to the Gamelan [ML 3758 .J3 S67 1990]

Also see the several links to gamelan web sites, many with audio files, on the course home page and the page of student links


Chapter 7 : Sub-saharan Africa

JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance Vols. 17-19 [Videocassette: M 1627 .J3 1990 V. 17] (also note the information in Book ??, shelved next to the tapes.)

Sounds of West Africa : The Kora & the Xylophone [CD: M 1830 .S65]

African Drums : Traditional Mandique Rhythms [CD: M 1831 .M35 K45]

Babatunde Olatunji, Love Drum Talk [CD: M 1838 .N5318 O45 1997] (a leading Nigerian drummer)

African Tribal Music & Dances [CD: M 1830 .A38 2003]

Mbira Music : The Spirit of Zimbabwe [Videocassette: ML 350 .M35 1993]

The JVC/Smitsonian Folkways Video Anthology of Music and Dance of Africa Vols. 1-3 [Videocassette: ML 3760 .J832 1996 v.1-3]

Konkombe : The Nigerian Pop Music Scene [Videocassette: ML 3503 .N6 K66 1988]

William P. Malm, Music Cultures of the Pacific, The near East, and Asia, 2d ed. [ML 330 .M3 1977]

Christopher Alan Waterman, Jûjú : A Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular Music [ML3503 .N6 W4 1990]