MUS 3.03 American Music: Roots and Revolutionaries
This course explores diverse forms of American “roots” music—from country blues and Appalachian stringbands to ballads, shape-note singing, and the expressive culture of Arctic indigenous peoples—with the aim of understanding these musical practices on their own terms as well as their profound influence on American musical revolutionaries of the 20th and 21st centuries. Live music is central to the course, and attendance at musical events outside of regular class meetings is expected.
Instructor
Levin