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Course Title
History of Popular
Music
History of
Technology
Calendar Course Description
formal conventions in jazz. Students will learn to differentiate
various periods of jazz into geographical (New Orleans,
Chicago, Kansas City, West Coast, New York) and historical
periods (Early Jazz, Bebop, Swing, Cool, Avant-Garde, Hard
Bop). Further, students will learn to identify key practitioners in
each of the styles discussed, identify musical examples and
gain a working familiarity with such musical terminology
germane to jazz as trading fours, improvisation, swing feel, sax
soli, riffs, blue notes etc. While students will not be required to
memorize every musical name contained within this history
(there are many), students will come to learn about the genre‘s
key players, encounter what they sound(ed) like and learn to
comprehend why they are important. Lastly, jazz, like all music,
offers an excellent portal through which to study America, race
relations, social concerns and a host of extra- musical issues.
This course will address many of these central issues in this
course in order to enrich the student experience with this
fascinating body of music.
This course examines a huge, rich and varied body of music.
While we are loosely examining so- called ―popular music‖ from
the end of World War II to the Present, we also look at some of
the musical movements, ideas and history that predate WWII in
order to contextualize our studies. Further, because the
definition of popular or ―pop‖ music has changed over the years,
we take an inclusive approach to ―pop music‖ here, examining
jazz, blues, hip-hop, rap, trip-hop, ska, reggae, disco, funk, folk,
heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, grunge, soul, R&B,
house, acid jazz and mashup styles, to name but a few.
Therefore, ―Popular Music‖ is less a musical style and more an
ever-changing definition mediated by corporate radio and
recording, cultural taste and fashion and a host of other social,
political, musical, cultural and aesthetic considerations.
Accordingly, in this class we look at, discuss and listen to music
while touching upon many other issues. Hopefully this music will
provide a portal through which we can examine history,
sociology, race relations, corporate involvement in the arts and
many other exciting topics.
This course covers much of the foundation upon which the
further study of Industrial Design will build. It investigates the
evolution of applied technology during the past 500 years with
particular attention to developments that are relevant to the
industrial age and the development of contemporary commercial
products and services. Studies demonstrate the impact of
pivotal innovations on contemporary life and behavior. Factors
influencing technological breakthroughs (including available
resources, social influences, economic conditions, scientific
developments and design vision) are discussed. Classes,
discussions and assignments develop the relationship between
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