Music | ||||||||
MUSI 4509 Cultural and Historical Studies of Music | ||||||||
American Popular Music | ||||||||
12442 | 001 | Seminar (3) | Open | 2 / 20 | Jarek Ervin | MoTuWeThFr 10:30AM - 12:45PM | Old Cabell Hall 107 | |
This course focuses on the history, analysis, and reception of popular music in the United States from the blues to the Beatles to Beyoncé. Along the way, we will discuss a range of genres, movements, trends, and artists from pop, rock, country, hip hop, and other popular traditions. We will also talk about the ways music figures into personal, political, social, and cultural life. (Crosslisted with MUSI 2070) |