Popular Music: Rock, Jazz, Country, and Hip-Hop (OT36)

Catalog description

This survey course provides an introduction to the history of the musical styles that comprise American popular music: blues, ragtime, Dixieland, swing, Broadway musicals, country, folk-pop, jazz-pop, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, funk, punk, disco, hip-hop, world music, and EDM. It uses recordings, videos, and written sources, along with discussions of social and cultural implications and biographical highlights of selected musicians/entertainers. This course requires no musical background or skills.