MUSC 271 - American Popular Music

Spring (4) Katz, Murchison, Preston, Rasmussen, Staff (GER 4A,5)

This course is a historical survey of American popular musics from the Colonial period to the present. It covers many different forms of popular musical expression, including traditional and folk music, dance styles, popular and tin pan alley song, sacred music, ragtime, blues, jazz, rock, country, and musical styles associated with immigrant groups. The course examines music within a cultural context; it does not require musical literacy. (Cross listed with AMST 271)