MUS 3000 - Musics of America

Institution:

Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Description:

3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: MUS 1000 or MUS 1210 or Permission of instructor This course will explore American music and its unique blend of African, Native American, Hispanic, Asian, and European colonial musical styles and genres, Students will develop an understanding of the musical style, aesthetic viewpoints, and function of the folk, religious, classical, popular, and commercial music of these groups. This course will also consider the interaction of these musical styles and genres within the context of sociocultural dynamics of the United States. The student will encounter new musical expressions and their history. This knowledge is synthesized in a final project in which the student investigates the music of an American ethnic minority culture. (General Studies-Level II, Arts and Letters, Multicultural)

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.msudenver.edu/

Phone Number:

(303) 556-3058

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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