AMST 198
Spring 2011 not offered
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This course looks at American music in terms of interaction between the overarching superculture and some of the many subcultures, or embedded micromusics, that both bounce off and influence the mainstream. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation, Writing
This course will require a written final paper and several response papers. We will be interpreting music in social and cultural context.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AMST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
Major Readings:
Mark Slobin, TENEMENT SONGS, FIDDLER ON THE MOVE, AMERICAN KLEZMER.
Benjamin Filene, ROMANCING THE FOLK.
Mirjana Lausevic, BALKAN FASCINATION
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Examinations and Assignments:
Response papers, final project. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is a junior colloquium. |
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