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Music In Society Question Paper

Music In Society 

Course:Master Of Musical Arts In Performance

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
MUSICAL ARTS
MPE 504: MUSIC IN SOCIETY

DATE: Friday 9th April, 2010

TIME: 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon
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INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any THREE questions.

1.
Describe six of the following:

(a)
Social Species

(b)
Cooperation

(c)
Society


(d)
Population

(e)
Speciation


(f)
Symbol

(g)
Environment

(h)
Culture

(i)
Biological evolution




[20 marks]

2.
Name and describe four social groups into which music making could be
organized in traditional African Societies.


[20 marks]

3.
Discuss recruitment and training of musicians in any two African Societies.










[20 marks]
4.
“It is the human content of humanly organized sound that sends people”
(Blacking, 1976: 34). Discuss.




[20 marks]

5.
Name and describe four elements that are relevant to the study of human societies.










[20 marks]
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