MUSI
UN
3165
Course Level:
Undergraduate
Credits:
3
This course examines the musical forms, techniques, and intellectual and social issues surrounding jazz and improvised music after 1950, via listening and reading assignments, guest musicians and scholars, and representative live performances. Topics include genre and canon formation, gender, race and cultural nationalisms, debates around art and the vernacular, globalization, and media reception. Reading knowledge of music not required.