CEHI 0906 - Music & Society: From Beethoven to Britney Spears

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Brown University

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Have you every thought academically about the music we listen to? This course explores the relationship between pieces of music and the societies which produce them. We will be looking at “classical” and “popular” music from the end of the 18th century to the present. Our examples will draw from a variety of times and places from Vienna in the 1790s to Paris in the 1890s to Seattle in the 1990s. What does the music of a particular society tell us about its values and concerns? How is it that music can be an expression of dominant political and cultural ideas, as well as a medium for critiquing those ideas? We will analyze music itself (words and notes) and the ways it gets heard through concerts and recordings. The class is part history, part musical appreciation, and part cultural criticism. Through various activities we will challenge ourselves to think critically about art and hear the social fabric woven into every musical production.

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0.00

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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