Welcome! This class will run from July 1-July 25. This course provides a U.S. and Europe-centered introduction to music history. All of the course materials (reading/listening, lectures, and assignments) may be found here. Each week’s work will be due on Thursday. To submit your assignments please use the Google Form by each assignment. Email me at musqueens@gmail.com if you have any questions about the course or if you have trouble accessing/understanding the site or the forms. Creative or (other word) track. you can also mix and match.

Week 1: Music: Artists, Audiences, and Fandom

Intro (Syllabus, Music Vocabulary, Instruments & Voices)

Watch Video 1.1

Riot Grrls

Beatles

Read:  Sasha, Geffen. “SCREAMING THE BEATLES: The First Boy Band Breaks the Gender Mold.” In Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary, 13–26. University of Texas Press, 2020. Listen to each version of the songs discussed in this chapter and compare versions.

Hip-Hop

7.04.24

• Listening Exercise
• Zine or 1 page introduction and reflection on your musical interests.
• Listening exercise

Week 2: Music & Theatre

Musical Theatre

Opera

Ballet

7.11.24 (assignment 2 due)

• Jukebox Musical
• OR
• Review (here’s how to write a review with some examples) of a musical, opera, or ballet (find places to watch here) .

Week 3: Music and 19th-20th Century Movements

Suffrage music

Music of the Harlem Renaissance and Chicago Black Renaissance

Labor/Union/Protest Music

7.18.24 (assignment 3 due)

• Primary Source Project (Zine or short paper). If you are a NY resident, you can get an online NYPL card.
• Hildegard von Bingen

Week 4: Medieval and Renaissance Music

7.25.24 (assignment 4 due)

Playlist (on YouTube or Spotify, etc.), Zine, or Podcast.