| Spring Term 2026 TOP: MUSIC IN THE 1920S - 4097 - MUCO 460 |
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Prerequisites/Notes: MUCO 212 Catalog Description : A study of a particular time and place, examining the relationship between social institutions, intellectual ideas, and music products. Topics in this series vary from year to year. May be repeated when topic is different. TOPICS FOR Spring 2026: Music in the 1920s PREREQUISITES: MUCO 212 In this course we will explore music in the 1920s from a variety of perspectives. Topics will include: early radio and the record industry, the songs of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway, modernist and experimental composition, machine music, vaudeville and cabaret song, blues, jazz, old-time music, the music of the Harlem Renaissance and Afrocubanismo, and vernacular genres first recorded during the 1920s in cities all over the world. Each student will undertake an independent research project on a topic of their choice. Attributes: Music Course, GER Fine Arts Div, GER Global Diversity, 400-599 Advanced Course
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