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1.25 Credits
In-depth study of select music cultures of Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru. Characteristic regional genres, ensembles, instruments, and music rituals. Case studies by ethnomusicologists with expertise in specific regional musics. Also Latin American Nueva Canción, women's musics, and overarching themes in Latin American music, as a whole. Offered on a rotational basis with other non-Western courses in the 80 series. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A, E.) J. Schechter
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1.25 Credits
Surveys American musicals from operetta through rock musicals with a historical approach focusing on selected examples from the literature. Music reading or musical experience helpful but not required. Offered in alternate academic years. (General Education Code(s): T4-Hu-manities and Arts, A.) F. Lieberman
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1.25 Credits
Introductory study of the Hollywood music film, exploring the theory of film sound, the musical genre, and representative works from the 1920s to the present. Students expected to view about two films each week, read assigned section of texts, and contribute to class discussions. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.) F. Lieberman
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1.25 Credits
Historical, musicological, and anthropological study of the many (and often conflicting) worlds brought together by Israeli popular and art music: Jewish and Arabic traditions, Western ideals, and modern beats. Enrollment limited to 40. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A, E.) A. Tchamni
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1.25 Credits
Surveys American folk music, both instrumental and vocal, by region and period. Approach is primarily through listening. Previous musical experience helpful, but not required. Offered in alternate academic years. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.) F. Lieberman
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1.25 Credits
Hemispheric first peoples music and thought: American Indian history, culture and music areas, song genres, view of the Sacred and relationship to the land, scholarship overview, musical thought, powwow complex, instruments, short literature, books by Young Bear and Alexie, music-ritual, and selected modern American Indian performers/ensembles. (Formerly Music in American Indian Life and Thought.) Offered in alternate academic years. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A, E.) J. Schechter
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1.25 Credits
An introduction to basic concepts in music and artificial intelligence, and to algorithmic composition (composition by a set of explicit instructions, often using the computer). Other topics include basic introductions to related concepts in linguistics, mathematics, neural nets, pattern matching, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, and interactive systems. Previous experience in one or more of these topics is helpful but not required. Students produce a project based on one of the models presented in class. Offered in alternate academic years. (General Education Code(s): T6-Natural Sciences or Humanities and Arts, A.) The Staff
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1.25 Credits
In-depth exploration of the music of the Grateful Dead. Contextual study of the sociology and history of the late 1960s psychedelic movement supplies background for study of the music as the band evolved through time. Offered in alternate academic years. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.) F. Lieberman
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1.25 Credits
Examination of relationship between music, politics, and protest in the U.S. in the 20th century, with focus on how music commented upon and reflected different eras in American cultural and political life. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A.) D. Neuman
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1.25 Credits
Survey of the diverse and rich musical traditions of Jewish music in the diaspora from biblical times to the present. Examines the historical, social, and anthropological aspects of the different communities from sacred music through art and popular songs. Enrollment limited to 40. (General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, A, E.) A. Tchamni
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