WOMEN
MAKING MUSIC
Professor: Dr. J. Michele Edwards Music
51:01 Spring 2001
OVERVIEW
Required texts
McClary, Susan. Feminine Endings. Music Gender, and
Sexuality. Minneapolis: University
of Minnesota Press, 1991.
Whiteley,
Sheila. Women and Popular Music:
Sexuality, Identity and Subjectivity.
London and New York: Routledge, 2000.
Readings
We
will use materials from a wide range of additional books, anthologies, and
journals. These materials will be
placed on Reserve in Wallace Library.
For
historical/biographical information and overviews, especially of classical
music, see for example the following on Reserve in Wallace Library:
Bowers, Jane, and Tick,
Judith, eds. Women Making Music. The
Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986.
Citron, Marcia J. Gender and the Musical Canon. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1993.
Pendle, Karin, ed. Women and Music. A History. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1991.
Listening/Viewing
Some
assignments will include listening to specific music or viewing a
videotape. CDs and cassettes are on
Reserve at Wallace Library (LibRes).
Please read liner notes and text translations. You can view videos at
Media Services (HUM 4th floor). Scores
of some pieces will be available on LibRes.
In some cases, the music will be a frame of reference for greater
understanding or will provide familiarity with compositions and performances by
women. At other times, we will discuss
the music or its performance in greater detail during class.
Regarding Deadlines
Work
received after the class session on the due date will not be given full
credit. In case of an emergency,
contact me as soon as possible. Only
under exceptional circumstances and with my consent will any work be accepted after
the last day of classes.
Grading
I hope
our focus can be on learning and on working cooperatively in a supportive
atmosphere. I will not grade "on a
curve"; thus, everyone can receive a top grade.
% Assignment
25 Academic
Journal
30 Class
Participation
45 Individual
Project (presentation/paper)
Class Participation
We are dependent on each other for the success of this
class. Regular attendance is
assumed. All of us—students, faculty,
and guests—need to be prepared for each class meeting so that meaningful
discussion and exploration can take place.
None of us have all the answers, but together we can participate in an
exciting search. Class participation
means contributing beyond specific assignments and can take different
forms. It means asking questions as
well as offering answers, and can include making space or drawing others into
the discussion as well as contributing your own view. It can include assisting colleagues outside class time or performing
music in class, which relates to the course.
The class participation grade will take into account the substance, not
just the quantity, of contributions.
Women Making Music
Last updated on 29 January
2001