MUSI V3163 - Sonic texts of the Black Atlantic

Institution:

Barnard College

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Description:

The course examines the importance of music and improvisation to the arts of the Black Atlantic, proceeding in semi-chronological fashion in presenting creative writing, recorded performances, and visual forms in which music is a central metaphor. Critical/historical texts are used to support topics that include African oral narrative, music during American chattel slavery, minstrelsy, the music of Harlem Renaissance composers, bebop and the world of the Beats, free improvisation, hip-hop, classical music and opera, and contemporary avante-garde digital technologies of text and sound. Reading knowlege of music is not required. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.barnard.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-5262

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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