Music Studies
Learning outcomes
The student will have an overview of the different genres of music as well as folk and popular dance forms in Finland. He/she will have knowledge of the processes of music and dance through which Finnishness has been and is being interpreted and constructed.
Contents
Introductory lectures by different lecturers present Finnish music and folk/popular dance from various points of view. The course may also include practical workshops. To complete 5 credits, the student will write an essay on a topic of his/her choice using literature appropriate for the topic, e.g. some of the below. The lecturers will provide suggestions for additional literature during the course.
Teaching language
EnglishModes of study
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
Lectures 2 ECTS + essay 3 ECTS
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Study materials
Recommended literature:
- Online articles on Finnish music, all genres: Finnish Music Information Centre, http://www.fimic.fi/
- Journal FMQ (Finnish Music Quarterly), available in Metso library (City of Tampere), see also online: http://www.fmq.fi/
- Aho, Jalkanen, Salmenhaara and Virtamo (1996) Finnish Music. Otava.
- Hill, Juniper L. (2005) From Ancient to Avant-Garde to Global: Creative Processes and Institutionalization in Finnish Contemporary Folk Music. Unpublished Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. Online: http://juniperlynnhill.net/JuniperHill_Dissertation.pdf
- Jaakkola and Toivonen (eds.) (2005) Inspired by Tradition: Kalevala Poetry in Finnish Music. Finnish Music Information Centre.
- Jackson and Murtomäki (eds.) (2001) Sibelius Studies. Cambridge University Press.
- Kurkela, Mantere and Uimonen (eds.) (2010) Music Breaks In: Essays on Music Radio and Radio Music in Finland. University of Tampere, Department of Music Anthropology.
- Rahkonen, Carl 1989. The Kantele Traditions of Finland. Unpublished Dissertation, Indiana University, Bloomington. Online: http://www.people.iup.edu/rahkonen/kantele/diss/Title.htm
- Ramnarine, Tina (2003) Ilmatar’s Inspirations. Nationalism, Globalization, and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music. University of Chicago Press.
- Skaniakos, Terhi (2010) Discoursing Finnish Rock: Articulations of Identities in the Saimaa-ilmiö Rock Documentary. University of Jyväskylä.
- Vedel, Karen (ed.) (2011) Dance and the Formation of Norden. Emergences and Struggles. Tapir Academic Press.
Belongs to following study modules
2014–2015