COURSE SYLLABUS: African American Music: Aesthetics, Culture, & Style
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MU633 - African American Music: Aesthetics, Culture, & Style
Music
George Gonzalez, Ph.D., M.B.A. E-Mail -- Vita
4 Semester Credits
Course Description:
Impacts of Afro-American music on western culture with conficts of European traditions. Contrasts of music function in daily life and performance in cultural and political environments. Planning of appropriate material to teach.
Music of the Common Tongue: Survival and Celebration in African American Music
by Christopher Small. Wesleyan University Press, 1998. ISBN-13: 9780819563576 ISBN: 0819563579
Assignments: Read the Chapter in the book.
Examinations: You are required to write a 10_Page summary for each chapter. The summary is to be APA
Style using at least 5 sources from the book/or Chapter.
