MUSA 3304 Musics of India

This semester, we enter the complex world of Indian musics and dance through close listening, embodied practice, and critical reflection. Our focus moves from karnatak music and bharatanatyam dance to folk and religious traditions, culminating in the pervasive soundscape of Indian film music. Developing intimacy with music and dance provides a foundation for examining the effects of colonial knowledge, nationalism, religion, and changing technologies on the arts. As our understanding deepens, we ask how "tradition" is constructed, mobilized, and contested - and what India's vast and diverse musical world reveal about broader questions of identity, culture, and meaning. MUSA3304 was previously MUSA2304.

Course overview

Department: Music Academic
School: MCAS
Credits: 3
Level: Undergraduate
Offered: Periodically in the Spring

Catalog details

Satisfies core: Cultural Diversity

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Requirements fulfilled

Music (Before Fall 2026): One of the following non-Western tradition courses (Before Fall 2026 (page heading "Major Requirements Before Fall 2026"; elsewhere the page calls these "contracts before fall 2026"))
University Core: Cultural Diversity (All undergraduates)

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Instructors

Douglass Dineen
Fall 2026

Sections

Section 01
Fall 2026 · Douglass Dineen · Lyons Hall 409 TuTh 12:00 Noon-01:15PM · Offered