| Fall Term 2020 TOP: THE RISE OF ROCK AND ROLL - 5914 - MUCO 210 |
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Prerequisites/Notes: Sophomore standing Catalog Description : This course will enable non-music majors to engage with the discipline of music history. May be repeated when topic is different. Does not satisfy course requirements for any music major. Topic for Fall 2020: Music and the Great War World War I killed millions and destroyed empires while demonstrating the gruesome potential of modern, mechanized warfare. We will look at the roles music played during the Great War and explore ways the conflict affected the creation and performance of music of all types, from the concert hall and the home front to the trenches. By looking back through the lens of the 21st century, we will consider how the music was originally created and experienced and how musical meaning and perception can change due to differing contexts and perspectives. Topic for Fall 2020: The Rise of Rock and Roll Growing out of the need for the young generation to have a voice separate from the influence of their parents, Rock-and-Roll will be studied from its genesis in the mid-50s, combining influences from R&B, Country, and Pop, through the variety of sub-genres in the 60s to the punk and disco movements in the 70s that attempted to return R/R to its simpler origins and functions. Movers and shakers who shaped the growth and acceptance of R/R as a popular artistic culture as well as the multitude of social, political, and racial challenges that influenced popular music will be the basis of discussions in class. Prerequisite sophomore standing. Attributes: Music Course, GER Fine Arts Div, 200-399 Foundation/Gateway Crs
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