MUS231

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Jazz History to the 1940S

Music Undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences

Subject code

MUS

Course Number

231

Course Long Title

Jazz History to the 1940S

Course Description

The roots of jazz, early styles, contributions of key innovators, and the "meanings" of jazz. Topics include the origins and development of blues, ragtime, early jazz, and swing as well as how American society and jazz both influenced and reflected new ways of understanding culture, race, creativity, individuality, cooperation, and community.

Academic Level

Undergraduate

Department(s)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Course Type (Attributes)

DD Dominance & Difference (DD), HH Humanities History (HH), Humanities Practice (H), Crit. Power & Inequality (CPI)

Credit Type

Institutional

Instructional Method Name

Lecture