Welcome to The History of Rock Music class blog.
You do not have to be musically
talented to take this course.
This course seeks to balance understanding the development and significance of
Rock and Roll in its historical and social environment with maintaining a focus
on listening to the music as the main mode of understanding. Through listening,
analysis, discussion, music, and film students will explore the music and the
culture and society of the day.
Class assignments will be organized around song
analysis, small group discussions, and in-class activities. The course begins with
an overview of ancestors and influences: blues, boogie-woogie, jazz, swing,
country & western, gospel and popular music, and the crossover success of
rhythm & blues acts that marked the true birth of rock & roll.
We will study the
musical and social trends of the 1960s, including the influence of the British
Invasion, which really signaled the arrival of rock’s second generation, the rock
explosion and social upheaval of the late 1960′s, and the changes in Rock & Roll
music during the seventies, eighties, and nineties. The course will culminate in an
exploration of today’s current musical trends and icons including rap/hip hop.
Students in this class are expected to enjoy learning about this
material and to try and get an appreciation about this type of music, which is
such an important part of your lives.
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