1592 - A Brief History of American Popular Music THU 11:30am-1:00pm
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Course Description
Instructor: Howard Cohen
With its roots in West Africa and Europe, American popular music would be nurtured by regions and ethnicities. Using our audio-visual system, we will follow its development from the !6th century to the present. Work songs, hymns, dance and drinking songs, ballads, theater music, minstrelsy, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, rock and roll. Stephen Foster, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Sousa, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Judy Garland, Bob Dylan. WHAT A SAMPLE, WHAT A STORY!
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