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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MUSIC 118 - Popular Music in America: History and Practice

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This course surveys the development of popular music in America with emphasis on processes and practices within popular music as elements of expressive culture, examining both the music and the cultural, social, economic, technological, and political conditions surrounding music’s creation, dissemination, and consumption. This course contains guided musical analysis, music composition, and in-class music-making. This is a hands-on, interactive course designed with the support of the Mellon Foundation.

Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities | Diversity Area: United States

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