London Calling: British Music from Wardour Street to Wembley

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The British music scene has been a major driver of global popular culture since Vera Lynn's White Cliffs of Dover. This course will examine how the uniqueness of being British has contributed to the creation and commercialization of music in Britain and its exportation and impact globally. How does the music reflect a place, a time period, a people? What specific aspects of the British music business have carried over to the commercial structures and creative processes of today's global music industry? The British music industry will be dissected through the lenses of popular culture, music as an art form, social politics and the evolving global marketplace for music.