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.