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MUSC-323 The Blues
Offered academic year 2010-2011
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"The blues" is a powerful and evocative concept in American culture, encompassing everything from an elusive emotion to an abstract musical form. This course will examine a range of topics, include the roots of the blues; stylistic variants like country/Delta blues, boogie woogie, Chicago blues. jump blues and zydeco; case studies of key blues songs such as "St. Louis Blues" and "Crossroads"; and the relationship of the blues to art music, Tin Pan Alley, jazz, country and rock. More than perhaps any other kind of music, the blues demands a context for study that also examines the politics of race, ethnicity, genfer, sexuality and even nationalism. Listening and repertoire study will be accompanied by short essays and projects.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ARTM/MUSC-141; one of the following: MUSC-114, 115, or 116 or ARTM-004, 005, 021 or 025
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