History of music and cinema, particularly ways music is used to produce meanings in conjunction with visual image.Formerly numbered Music History 7. Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. P/NP or letter grading.
Credit for both courses 7 and 177 not allowed.
GE-approved Course.
Course ID: MUSCLG 7
In this course you will survey groove-based electrified dance music from its origins in 1960s pop and soul to present, covering disco, house, techno, ambient, rave and jungle. This course will emphasize the interaction of technology, musical structures, psychoactive drugs, and club cultures to induce altered states of musical consciousness; promise (versus the reality of) political and spiritual transformation; electronic dance music as new art music.
Formerly numbered Music History 8. P/NP or letter grading.
GE-approved course.
Course ID: MUSCLG 8
In this course, you will analyze the forms, practices, and meanings of rock and roll music, broadly conceived, from its origin to the present. This course will include an emphasis on how this music has reflected and influenced changes in sexual, racial, and class identities and attitudes.
GE-approved course
Course ID: MUSCLG 5
In this course, you will survey English-language popular music in the 20th century, with a focus on lesbians, gay men, and members of other sexual minorities as creators, performers, and audience members.
Formerly Music History M137. Same as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies M137. Letter grading. GE-approved course.
Course ID: 12 - MUSCLG M137
For most of its history, recorded music has been tied to hard, physical media: records, tapes, CDs and so forth. Since the emergence of the internet, however, everything has been very different: music can be copied (endlessly), easily stolen, cut, pasted, sampled and so forth. The course offers an insight into today’s promise and problems, all of which stem from the moment when music became weightless and could suddenly be sent around the world in a split second.
Course ID: MUSCLG 94
What will the history of digital music look like? Might it perhaps be fairer or more democratic than the current state of affairs? The internet we know today is often referred to as Web2. The next stage – logically called Web3 – offers the promise of a “decentered” web, without greedy, indifferent corporations at its center. These possibilities run side by side with the emergence of AI and so the course investigates the possibility of a music landscape that is legally, financially, and ethically superior to the (very imperfect) status quo.
Course ID: MUSCLG 191F
The recording industry is more than a century old and technological advancements have come, gone, and––in some cases––been completely forgotten. Nonetheless, one can discern cyclical patterns of boom and bust, say, that allow one to discuss the future of the business with greater confidence. Why do some ideas fail, while others succeed? What, on the most fundamental level, do people even want from recorded music?
Course ID: MUSCLG 186
The class is divided into two equal sections: theory and practice. The first half of the class looks at Swift’s achievements as a songwriter, while the second is dedicated more specifically to practical issues of business. Students therefore gain a dual insight into her importance from both creative and industry points of view.
Course ID: MUSCLG 191G
In this course you will learn specific skills, incorporating technical description, historical contextualization, subjective reaction, and the certain stylistic conventions necessary in writing about music.
Formerly numbered Music History 12W. Letter grading.
Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36.
Satisfies Writing II requirement.
Course ID: MUSCLG 12W
In this course you will learn specific skills, incorporating technical description, historical contextualization, subjective reaction, and the certain stylistic conventions necessary in writing about music.
Formerly numbered Music History 12W. Letter grading.
Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36.
Satisfies Writing II requirement.
Course ID: MUSCLG 12W