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Dr. Dane Kusic
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MUSC 480  |  Fall 2000
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Turkey and North Africa
India
China
Japan
Indonesia
Africa
America

Turkey and North Africa

  • And, Metin. 1987. Karagöz: Turkish Shadow Theater. Third edition. Istanbul: Dost Yaynlar. (Originally published in 1975).
  • Hammoudi, Abdellah. 1993. The Victim and Its Masks. An Essay on Sacrifice and Masquerade in the Maghreb. Transl. by Paula Wissing. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. (Originally published as La victime et ses masques: Essai sur le sacrifice et la mascarade au Maghreb. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1988).  Chapter 1: pp. 15-32.

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    India

  • Richmond, Farley P., Darius L. Swann, and Phillip B. Zarrilli, eds.  1990.  Indian Theatre: Traditions of Performance.  Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
  • "Introduction," 1-17
  • Part One, "The Classical Tradition and Its Predecessors": "Introduction,"  pp. 21-24
  • Chapter One: "Origins of Sanskrit Theatre," pp.25-32
  • Chapter Two: "Characteristics of Sanskrit Theatre and Drama," pp. 33-85
  • Part Five, "Dance-Dramas and Dramatic Dances: "Introduction", 307-314

  • Chapter Ten: "Kathakali," 315-357
  • Brandon, James, ed.  1972.  Traditional Asian Plays.  New York: A Mermaid Dramabook / Hill & Wang.
    • "Preface," v-vi.
    • "Introduction," 1-6
    • "Indian Sanskrit Drama," 7-12
      • "The Toy Cart: An Indian Sanskrit Drama by King Shudraka," 13-18

    China

  • Mackerras, Colin, ed. 1983. Chinese Theater: From Its Origins to the Present. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press.
  • Mackerras, Colin and Elizabeth Wichmann.  "Introduction": 1-6.
  • Hu, John.  "Ming Dynasty Drama."  Chapter III: 60-91.
  • Mackerras, Colin.  "The Drama of the Qing Dynasty." Chapter IV: 92-117.
  • Mackerras.
  • Scott, A.C.  "The Performance of Classical Theater."  Chapter V:118-144.
  • MAckerras, Colin.  "Theater and the Masses."  Chapter VI: 145-183.
  • Wichmann, Elizabeth.  "Traditional Theater in Contemporary China."  Chapter VII: 184-201.
  • Wong, Isabel K.F.  1997.  "The Music of China."  Chapter Four of Excursions in World Music.  Second Edition.  Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.  Pp. 93-101.
  • Brandon, James, ed.  1972.  Traditional Asian Plays.  New York: A Mermaid Dramabook / Hill & Wang.
    • "Chinese Opera," 273-276
      • "The Price of Wine: A Peking Opera Comedy," 277-280

    Japan

  • Wong, Isabel K.F.  1997.  "The Music of Japan."  Chapter Five of Excursions in World Music.  Second Edition.  Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.  Pp. 104-130.
  • Tamba, Akira.  1981.  The Musical Structure of Nô.  Translated from the French by Patricia Matoré.  Tokyo: Tokai University Press. (Originally published in 1974 as La structure musicale du Nô, by Editions Klincksieck, Paris).
    • Forward, pp. 5-7
    • Introduction, pp. 9-11
    • I. General Problems, pp. 15-29
      • Parts II-V are optional - Scan them if ytou do not have time to read them all
      VI. Supplementary Chapters, pp. 225-232
  • Brandon, James, ed.  1972.  Traditional Asian Plays.  New York: A Mermaid Dramabook / Hill & Wang.
    • "Japanese Noh," 173-177
      • "Ikkaku Sennin: A Japanese Noh Play by Komparu Zenpo Motoyasu," 179-182
    • "Japanese Kabuki," 199-204
      • "The Subscription List: A JApanese Kabuki Play by Namiki Gohei III," 205-209
      • "The Zen Substitute: A Japanese Kabuki Farce by Okamura Shiko," 237-239

    Africa

  • Erlmann, Veit.  1991.  African Stars: Studies in Black South African Performance.  Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology; Philip V. Bohlman and Bruno Nettl, eds.  Chicago and London:  The University of Chicago Press. 
    • Chapter  One: Introduction, pp. 1-20.
    • Chapter  Two: Orpheus McAdoo, pp. 21-53.
    • Chapter  Four: Ingoma Dance, pp. 95-111.
    • Chapter  Seven: Conclusion, pp. 1175-182.

    America



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