MUS 122 - Music of the United States

Instructor
Lerner

The cultivated and vernacular traditions of U.S. music from the Colonial period to the present. Focus on close listening and cultural trends. Topics include: parlor song, minstrelsy, Tin Pan Alley, ragtime, blues, jazz, modernism, country, rock, postmodernism.

Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
No music training required. (Spring)