MUS 359: Music of the Americas
MTWR 12:00-1:50 PM Room: Collier House 103
Second Session: July 20-August 12
The Americas is a broad geographic expanse covering a range of cultures that is impossible to cover in-depth in a single academic term. There are ideas, however, that can help us bring important aspects of these cultures together: indigeneity, colonization, diaspora, and hyrbidity. Using these ideas, we will look at a number of countries and cultures in the Americas to see these ideas help us analyze music in specific regions. No musical experience is necessary, but students will be asked to think through listening examples to understand why different musics sound the way they do. This version of the class will focus primarily on countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, but the ideas are applicable throughout the Americas.
Selected Texts Include:
Moore, Robin with Walter Aaron Clark (eds). 2012. Musics of Latin America. W.W. Norton & Company: New York.
