LHAN 345 - Music and Cultures of Africa,Latin America,and South America

Institution:

Berklee College of Music

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Description:

Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:None Course Chair:M. Marvuglio/M. Glaser Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Summer, Fall Description A study of major musics and cultures of Africa and the interaction of African and European cultures in the New World of Latin America and South America, focusing on the ways these cultures have produced new musical forms as a result. Other topics will include: issues of race, gender, ethnicity, and identity, placing music in its cultural and historical context, music as a representative of cultural values, aesthetics, cultural transmission, orality and literacy, and individualism versus group involvement.

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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