MU 201 - American Music:From Plymouth Rock to Rock

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Colorado College

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Survey of music in the United States from the colonial era to present. Both popular and classical music traditions will be examined with special attention given to the social and political contexts in which they developed. The emergence of innovative U. S. musical traditions in the 18th and 19th centuries will be seen as the foundations for the subsequent schools of jazz, musical theater, the nationalistic works of Ives, Copland, and others, the avant garde of the mid 20th century, and the evolution of pop to rock during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Finally, attention will be given to recent developments by living composers. No musical background is required. MU 202/FE 202-American Music: From Plymouth Rock to Rock. Survey of music in the United States from the colonial era until the present. Both popular and classical music traditions will be studied with special attention given to the social and political contexts in which they deveoped. In the first block, classical music traditions will be examined: the emergence of innovative U. S. composers in the 18th and 19th Centuries will be seen as the foundations for the nationalistic works of Ives, Copland and others. After study of Tin Pan Alley and the Broadway musical, the block will conclude with an examination of the modern and postmodern movements of the mid and late 20th Century. In the second block, popular music traditions from the same period will be examined, beginning with both European and African roots; the course will survey the evolution of popular genres such as the blues, minstrelsy, jazz and folk, and end with rock and hip hop cultures. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.coloradocollege.edu

Phone Number:

(719) 389-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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