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COURSE SYLLABUS: Music of America

Course Title: Department: Instructor: Credits:

MU511 - Music of America Music George Gonzalez, Ph.D., M.B.A. E-Mail -- Vita 4 Semester Credits

Course Description:

This is a course exploring the music of the United States of America. We will be studying the folk, popular and art music of three centuries and the people who made the music and enjoyed it.

Textbook: Online Bookstore

* Daniel Kingmand, Music of America: A Panorama, Concise Edition (New York: Schirmer, 1998).
ISBN #: 0534598323
* CD's to accompany text.

Assignments: Read the Chapters in the book.

Examinations: You are required to do the “Projects” at the end of the chapters.

Recommended Schedule For Course Completion:

Read:
Week 1: Chapter 1
Week 2: Chapter 2
Week 3: Chapter 3
Week 4: Chapter 4
Week 5: Chapter 5
Week 6: Chapter 6
Week 7: Chapter 7
Week 8: Chapter 8
Week 9: Chapter 9
Week 10: Chapter 10
Week 11: Chapter 11
Week 12: Chapter 12
Week 13: Chapters: 13 & 14
Week 14: Chapters: 15 & 16
Week 15: Chapters: 17 & 18
Week 16: Chapters: 19 & 20
Week 17: Chapters: 21 & 22
Week 18: Post Chapter