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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as an introductory survey of non-western music traditions within the field called ethnomusicology. The music is studied in terms of sounds, musical instruments, forms and their functions in the society and culture that supports them. Music studied includes that of the Middle East, India, Australia, China, Korea and Japan. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the early history of music with emphasis on sacred and secular monophonic forms, the rise of part-singing and the opposition to it in the 17th century. (AY).
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3.00 Credits
A survey of music in the 18th and 19th centuries with emphasis on the styles and forms of the major composers. (AY).
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3.00 Credits
A survey of developments in musical styles (especially concert and popular music) and uses of music (film, theater, and recording technologies) in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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3.00 Credits
An historical and cultural study of American music in both the written and unwritten traditions. Content of the course includes not only the various forms of classical music produced in the new world but also primitive, popular, and vernacular genres. (OC).
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to popular music in the United States. This course will include music of the westward movement, ragtime and blues, the roots and growth of jazz, folk music, country music, music of Broadway and Tin Pan Alley, the roots of and development of rock music, as well as the historical, political and sociological background of the United States as pertinent to music history. (YR).
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the history and aesthetics of Black sacred music within cultural context. Major figures (Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, The Winans Family, Kirk Franklin), periods (slavery, Great Migration, Civil Rights movement), and styles (folk and arranged Negro spirituals, congregational songs, and gospel songs - traditional to contemporary) will be studied through recordings, videos, film, and at least one field experience. Underlying the course is the theory (Mellonee Burnim and Pearl Williams-Jones) that gospel music is an expression of African American culture that fuses both African and European elements into a unique whole. (OC).
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will explore case studies of music created, performed, and distributed in combination with other media from the 1960s to the present. Multimedia is understood as any context in which several media are integrated, but particular focus will be paid to technological and creative innovations (such as video games, computers, and phones). The use of music will be considered in such media as film and television, multimedia performance and installation art, and international developments in multimedia production and distribution.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will be introduced to the varieties of music used in film from c. 1900 to the present. Topics covered include a basic introduction to the musical features of Western European dramatic music; the role of music in the early decades of the 20th century; the growth of film and musical sound in the "classic era" of Hollywood film; the use of music in specific genres such as film noir, science-fiction, epic, and musicals; and the use of popular song in film. Prerequisite: previous completion of MHIS 100, 120, 130, or by permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Historical, comparative, and critical study of the development of the concerto, including selected works from major baroque, classical and romantic composers. Emphasis on analytical study of forms used in concertos. (OC).
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