MUSI G8416 - Seminar in Ethnomusicology: Alan Lomax

Institution:

Columbia University in the City of New York

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Description:

This seminar will explore the role that Alan Lomax and his family played in creating a distinctively American approach to folklore and ethnomusicology. Topics will include the history of Anglo- and African American folk song collecting; the Archive of American Folk Song; the popularization of folk song (Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Carl Sandburg, Pete Seeger, Zora Neal Hurston, Mary Elizabeth Barnicle, the recording business and radio, the second folk revival, and folk festivals.); Lomax's stay in the UK, Spain and Italy; the mapping of the world's song styles; the use of micro-cultural studies of the body in song, dance, and speech; and new approaches to the use of film, video, and the computer.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.columbia.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-1754

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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