2023-2024 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Jun 17, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

MUS 110CL - UE: Spirituals to Rock and Roll: The Story of How American Popular Music Conquered the World

3 credits
In this course students will explore the development of American popular music beginning with its roots in African American slave music, continuing through minstrelsy, vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley, American Musical Theatre, Blues, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Alternative, and Hip Hop.  Students will practice critical listening skills as they are exposed to many genres of popular music, and will explore the social, economic, and philosophical paradigms that gave rise to each genre in the American experience of music.