Course Description

MU473 Music in Popular Culture 0.5

This course explores the role of music in popular culture from the 1940s to the present. Musical examples will be approached from both formal and cultural perspectives, addressing issues of style, genre, race, gender and ideology.

Prerequisite: For non-music majors: MU218, Year 3 or Year 4 registration, and permission of the dean. For music majors: registration in Year 3 or Year 4 of the Honours BMus program or permission of the instructor.

Exclusion: MU380p.

Official electronic version updated at 10:33 a.m. March 31, 2005

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