MWF 9AM
R. Garfias

Course Prospectus

Thousands of islands comprise the broad cultural group encompassed by the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. Many common cultural ties have been obscured by colonial conditions and influences during the last two centuries.

This course is intended as a review of the major forms of musical expression that constitute the present-day peoples of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Consideration will be given to the earliest strata of comunal societies living in the remote areas of all three countries, and moving on towards the cultures that later came under the sway of ancient Hindu civilization and later Islamic and Christian European cultures. The course is structured as a broad ethnographic musical survey of vast, complex and densely populated region of the world.

Course Outline

I. General Introduction.

A.The characteristic and popularly recognized.
B. Looking Beyond the immediate sphere.

II. The Philippines

A. Hill Peoples and Negrito

1. Batak of Palawan Island

2. Hunanoo of Mindoro Island
3. Peoples of Nothern Luzon

a. Ibaloy
b. Tinguian
c. Kalinga Lubuagan
d. Bontoc Sagada

4. Mindanao

a. Tirurai People
b. Bagobo-Manobo peoples
c. Subanon Peoples

B. Islamic Cultures

1. Sulu Islands

a. Yakan: Basilan Island
b. Bajau: Zamboanga
c. Samal:Zamboanga
d. Taosug: Jolo Island,
e. Tawi-tawi group
f. Bajau, Sanga-sanga Island
g. Samal: Sanga-sanga

2. Muslim Mindanao

a. Maranao
b. Maguindanao

C. Music of the Hispanic cultures

1. Pre-Christian Survivals
2. Early Spanish and Mexican Influences

a. Harp Music
b. Fandangos
c. Jaranas
d. Moro-moro music
e. Rondalla
f. Zarzuela

III. Mayalaysia

A. Malaysian Borneo

1. Timogan-Murut
2. Nabai Murut:
3. Tagal Murut:

B. Malay Peninsula

1. Temiar People:
2. Malay People.

IV Music of Indonesia

A. Outside the High Cultures

     1. Sulawesi
     2. Kalimantan
     3. Moluccas
     4. Ambon
     5. Sumatra Batak
     6. Menangkebao
     7. Atjeh
     8. Timor
       9. Sumba, Sumbawa

B. The High Cultures

     1. Sunda
     2. Madura
     3. Java
     4. Lombok

9.03.08
rgarfias@uci.edu
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