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Choose ONE of the following prompts to address in your initial post: (400 words) Toru Takemitsu once observed that he could use Japanese instruments in Western genres, but not the other way around; any hybrid tradition belonged to the Western tradition

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Choose ONE of the following prompts to address in your initial post: (400 words)

1. Toru Takemitsu once observed that he could use Japanese instruments in Western genres, but not the other way around; any hybrid tradition belonged to the Western tradition. To what extent do you think this is symptomatic of Western music since 1800? Give at least one example encountered in this course.
2. In this course the concept of the canon became especially important in the late Romantic and early Modern periods, when composers had to find their place in an established repertoire of “classics.” How relevant is the concept of the canon for today’s composers?
3. What are the advantages/disadvantages of focusing on the musical canon? Think about some of the music that is missing from this course. Why do you think it is missing (deliberate/accidental)?
4. What can we learn from studying the way music is produced and consumed that we can’t learn from just studying composers and works? Give at least one example encountered in this course.
5. What is usually meant when we talk about de-colonizing the music curriculum? Have you encountered anything in this course that confirms or complicates the idea of colonizing/de-colonizing music history?