MUMG 2021 - Pop Songs and the Music Business

Institution:

Manhattanville College

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Description:

This course will offer a comprehensive survey of the "product"of the music business-pop songs, as well as the creators and talent behind them. The subject matter will include all genres and hybrids of American popular music including: easy listening, patriotic, country and western, hillbilly, bluegrass, folk, Latin, salsa, jazz, bubble gum, rock 'n roll, hard rock, punk rock, grunge rock, rhythm and blues, disco, rap, and hip hop. Students will learn about the structure and form of pop songs and pop lyrics and how these elements have changed over the years; the singers and bands who made the songs popular; how and where new songs were introduced in the early years of the American Music Business; and how new and evolving genres of songs changed the music business. ( Spring)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.manhattanville.edu

Phone Number:

(914) 694-2200

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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