African American Music History

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This seminar surveys the principle genres of African-American and African- American derived, folk, popular, jazz, gospel and classical music. The seminar has a dual emphasis: musical aesthetics, forms and instruments, and the cultural and historical context of African- American music. The seminar provides the students with an introductory basis for understanding the history of contemporary African-American music and appreciating its harmony and musical forms. A Life Arts Project is required. Only open to students in the B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences program.