MUS 265 Music in the Experience of African-Americans, 1650-1950: A History

A survey of music in the experience of African-Americans and peoples of African descent in the Caribbean, from the earliest historical sources (ca. 1650) to ca. 1950.  The principal genres – music in formal worship services; spirituals; camp-meeting songs; concert music; music in the theatre; music and the institution of slavery; jubilee singing; ragtime; the blues; jazz; gospel; and compositions in the cultivated tradition – are studied in historical context, with an emphasis on the music itself.  Students may not earn credit for both MUS 265 and MUS 365. [GM1, GM2, H, V]

Instructor

Cummings