LHAN 241 - A History of the Music of Black America

Institution:

Berklee College of Music

Subject:

Description:

Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:None Course Chair:M. Marvuglio/J. Odgren Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Fall Description A study of the historical attributes and positive contributions of the development of black American music: African influences and the early slave music of the South; northern and southern influences through the black church; composers and songwriters in and after the Civil War; ragtime and blues, early jazz, the jazz age, and the black renaissance; composers and performers up to the present; black concert-music composers. Research, homework, listening, lecture/demonstrations, and required attendance at performances.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2007 - 09/01/2007 

Institution Website:

www.berklee.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 747-2222

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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