African American Music

3 credits · Undergraduate

A seminar course focusing on music developed within or derived from African American cultures from the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade to the present. While the weekly topics are organized primarily by chronology, the seminar is not designed as a broad or comprehensive survey of African-American music history, but rather as an investigation into selected moments in African-American history, the musical practices and repertories that accompanied them, and the relationship between music and the African-American experience in North America. PREREQUISITES: Permission of the Instructor EXCLUSIONS: MUSC 3360.03 FORMATS: Seminar