University of California, Santa Cruz Music Department Music 80-i: Music of Modern Israel Instructor: Avi Tchamni ([email protected]) TAs: Nelsen Hutchison ([email protected]) Class meetings: MWF 12:00-1:05PM Music Center room 101 Instructor’s office: Music Center 126 (phone: 459-4238) Office hours: Wed 2:30-4:00PM, and by appointment The course will examine the development of popular music in Israel from the beginning of the 20th century until the present. We will discuss the complexity of national identity inherent in the study of immigrant and refugee societies, and the power struggle between the different forces involved in the process: the state and its institutions, the people, and the outside world. We will review the course of musical history in Israel, from nationalism and “invented” folk music through the emergence of the Other (“Musiqa Mizrahit”) and the arrival of rock and world music. TEXTBOOK Regev, Motti and Edwin Seroussi. Popular Music and National Culture in Israel (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004) Available as eBook on UCSC library DOCUMENTARIES During the quarter we will watch episodes from “Sof Onat ha-Tapuzim” (“End of the Orange Season”) – a documentary series on the development of Israeli rock music. CLASS CONCERT AND PERFORMANCES There will be a live concert towards the end of the quarter (TBA). Students who would like to perform songs from the repertoire in class during the quarter, are encouraged to do so. RECORDINGS All playlists will be available on the class website: http://artstream.ucsc.edu/music80i OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS TO ONLINE RESOURCES 1. Go to http://oca.ucsc.edu/menu 2. Enter your library barcode 3. Click on Cruzcat in the “QUICK LINKS” section 4. In the Search box type KEYWORD Popular Music and National Culture in Israel 5. In the second search result Popular music and national culture in Israel click on View online content CLASS SCHEDULE Topics Reading Week 1 Our little country: SLI (Songs of Regev-Seroussi: (Scan Intro and 1) the Land of Israel) Jan 9, 11, 13 Regev-Seroussi: 3 Week 2 Monday Jan 16 – NO CLASS Regev-Seroussi: 5 (MLK Day) Jan 16, 18, 20 Carnival in the Nachal: The Army Bands Movie: “The Troupe” Week 3 Push the button: Song Festivals Regev-Seroussi: 6 Jan 23, 25, 27 Assignment #1 due Sun Jan 29 Week 4 There’s no room for 2 on a utility Regev-Seroussi: 7 (through p.144) pole: The early rock bands Jan 30, Feb 1, Feb 3 You and I will change the world: Regev-Seroussi: 7 (pp.144-151) Arik Einstein, Shalom Hanoch Week 5 Was nice: Kaveret, Tamuz Regev-Seroussi: 7 (pp.151-158) Feb 6, 8, 10 Slightly different: 70’s Regev-Seroussi: 7 (158-160) Progressive Rock – Matti Caspi, Shlomo Gronich, Yoni Rechter Week 6 Midterm – Wednesday, Feb 15 Feb 13, 15, 17 What a country: Muziqa Mizrahit Regev-Seroussi: 9 Week 7 Monday Feb 20 – NO CLASS Regev-Seroussi: 10 (Presidents Day) Feb 20, 22, 24 Regev-Seroussi: 8 (161-162; 173-174) Muziqa Mizrahit (continued) Give me rock ‘n’ roll: 1980s rock – Tislam, Benzeen, Doda Assignment #2 due Sun Feb 26 Week 8 Incubator: Alternative and New Regev-Seroussi: 8 (175-178; 180-183) wave Feb 27, March 1, March 3 Don’t call me ‘honey’: Women in Regev-Seroussi: 8 (163-165; 171-172; Israeli rock 174-175) Week 9 Will be good: Shlomo Artzi, Regev-Seroussi: 8 (168-171; 183-186) Yehuda Poliker March 6, 8, 10 Why do I need politics now: Regev-Seroussi: 8 (178-180) Ehud Banai, Mashina Assignment #3 due Sun Mar 12 Week 10 The end of the World: The 1990s Regev-Seroussi: 8 (165-168; 186-188) March 13, 15, From the depths: World music Regev-Seroussi: Conclusion 17 and Hip Hop QUIZZES At the end of each class there will be a one-question open-note quiz on the material covered in previous class. The lowest quiz score will be dropped. CLASS ATTENDANCE Attendance is required in all class meetings. More than two unexcused absences will affect your final grade. Students are expected to be familiar with the reading and listening assignments ahead of class and contribute to the discussion. TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENTS There will be three Take-home assignments during the quarter (see class schedule). The questions for the assignments will be posted on eCommons (commons.ucsc.edu). Students should turn in their assignments through eCommons. FINAL GRADE Quizzes – 10% Take-home assignments – 30% Midterm – 30% Final exam – 30% ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HEBREW SONGS English translations of popular Hebrew songs can be often found online. A reliable site is www.hebrewsongs.com .