MUS231
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Jazz History to the 1940S
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.
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