MUS 390C - Music and Politics in Twentieth- Century Western Culture

Institution:

Antioch University-Los Angeles

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Description:

This course examines the ways in which Western politics over the past century have been negotiated in music. The first goal is to become familiar with writing, listening, and speaking critically about the relationship between musical works and history. Subsequently the course explores how individuals formulate our views about politics in history (and now), our understanding of how politics connects to issues of nationalism, oppression, war, pacifism, grief, morality, spirituality, and religion, and how people have created, produced, and listened to music as an expression of such political complexities. The course examines the criteria needed for music or a musically related activity to be political. Ultimately, students address the wide range of musical ways that societies, cultural groups, and individuals engage with politics - from the explicit, to the subtle, to the hidden. The focus includes experimental music, popular music, art music, and jazz. No grade equivalents allowed. FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES DOMAINS

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.antiochla.edu

Phone Number:

(310) 578-1080

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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