Mar 29, 2024  
2015-2016 
    
2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MUS 241 - Music of Latin America


Instructor
Botelho

An introduction to the music of Hispanic and Luso American countries and cultures from colonial times to the present.  Topics include: sacred and secular colonial music, son, marimba music, vieja guardia music, tonada, milonga, tango, Latin jazz, samba, and bossa nova.

Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement. Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Fine Arts distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. Normally offered in alternate years; not offered in 2015-16.