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Academic Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LASS233 Music Cultures of the World 3cr

The course explores selected music and rhythms from throughout the world. Students explore various folk, popular, indigenous, and hybrid music from every continent and surveys the development of musical traditions through the development of contemporary world music.  The course also treats several American musical traditions, including country, folk, and musical transmissions from Europe, expressive cultural traditions from indigenous peoples of America, and black musical traditions in the New World. This is a Liberal Arts course with required readings, written assignments, and listening work. Under a different course number and requiring different assignments,  this course may also provide studio credit in selected studio departments. [Formerly titled: The World of Music]

Prerequisites: FRSM100. LALW100

Lecture

Undergraduate Elective
Fall & Spring