Studies in Literature and the Arts (487-0-1)

Topic

Music Historiography

Instructors

Ryan Wayne Dohoney
ryan.dohoney@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: Email instructor to arrange a meeting.

Meeting Info

Kresge 5531 Comp Lit. Sem. Rm.: Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

Music historiography will introduce you to various ways of writing about music both in and as history. We will explore a range of approaches drawn from musicology and beyond including general historiography, performance studies, anthropology, the history of the senses, and microhistory among others.

Learning Objectives

Though limited in scope by constraints of time and instructor inclination, the course will prepare you to think critically about your own historiographical practice as you gather archival and ethnographic sources and interpret evidence in your own work. Our studies will be put to practical use as you engage on a quarter-long archival research project.

Teaching Method

Seminar

Evaluation Method

Participation, Seminar leadership, research project