American Music, American Life ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

From disco to country, hip-hop to jazz, classical to gospel, Americans have adopted, adapted, appropriated, developed, and invented many musical traditions, genres, and institutions. In this course, students will sample some of the vast diversity of American music. Each student will also explore in some depth a particular area of American music of their own interest (such as an artist, genre, performance, practice, or issue). Students taking this course should have advanced level reading, writing and research skills. This course was previously ART-223414 American Popular Music in the Twentieth Century.