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3.00 Credits
Prof. Joyce. Pre-requisite: MUSC 152 and APMS 110 (or their equivalent), or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: MUSC 201 and APMS 209 (or their equivalent), or permission of instructor. A chronological survey of music in the United States from the Pilgrims to jazz and rock. The course traces the widely varied paths taken by music in America and shows how the three spheres of folk, popular, and classical music have continually interacted to form a variegated whole. Lectures move from genre to genre, placing each in its historical and sociological order. Note: Primarily for music majors and minors. Offered: First semester.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: MUSC 201 and APMS 209 (or their equivalent), or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: MUSC 202 and APMS 210 (or their equivalent), or permission of instructor. An overview of the field of ethnomusicology and the types of issues and concerns that have guided the research of world music within that field. A number of selected musical case studies from Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas that illuminate the differences and similarities between Western musics and their counterparts in other parts of the world. Particular interest will be given to the way in which cultural, social, and religious beliefs have informed stylistic, performance practice, and aesthetic development in other parts of the world as a means of reflecting about the same types of connections in Western music. Note: Primarily for music majors and minors. Offered: Second semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Baron. Course includes lectures concerning the nature of opera and also a historical outline of the development of opera in Europe. Emphasis is then placed on viewing a number of complete operas, which will be screened on laser discs.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This course prepares students for operational and administrative as well as creative and technical positions within the music and entertainment industry.
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Staff. A survey of music in different societies throughout the world with assignments and readings in music other than Western art music. The lectures explain how to listen to this music and consider systematically the function of music in societies ranging from Australian Aborigines, to Indian classical musicians, to urban popular music in Latin America. Note: Primarily for non majors.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This course will provide a survey of Latin American music and culture. The content of the course will change on a rotating basis each fall term. Topics include: Caribbean; Andean Countries; Mexico and Central America. Note: Course may be repeated for credit provided a different topic is covered.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Joyce. A survey of vernacular theatre music in America from its European roots in opera buffa, ballad opera, and operetta through the jazz and rock developments of the sixties.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Baron. Survey of Jewish liturgical music from Biblical times to the present, and of Jewish popular, theatre, and folk music. Emphasis on European, Israeli, Sephardic, and American traditions. (Same as JWST 333.)
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Joyce. Development of jazz as a cultural, sociological phenomenon, and survey of jazz styles. Offered: Both semesters.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Joyce. An introduction to the music of the contemporary world as it interacts with social, political, and cultural processes that distinguish the 20th century. Examines the full spectrum of modern musical styles (classical, jazz, popular, folk, rock) as they have adapted to the mass communications technology of the present day.
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