printer friendly pageCSRE 152B: Black Music Revealed: Black composers, performers, and themes from the 18th century to the present (MUSIC 152B)
Online seminar on the achievements of Black composers and performers in ragtime, jazz, and classical music, from Chevalier de Saint-Georges, whose music influenced Mozart, and George Bridgetower, for whom Beethoven composed his "Kreutzer" Sonata, to Anthony Davis's opera "The Central Park Five". Students will examine issues of cultural borrowing in operas by Mozart and Verdi, and shows like Showboat and Porgy and Bess. Guest speakers will include composers and performers. Students will work together in groups to produce materials on course topics in coordination with the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Phillips, P. (PI)
;
Gur, M. (TA)
MUSIC 152B: Black Music Revealed: Black composers, performers, and themes from the 18th century to the present (CSRE 152B)
Online seminar on the achievements of Black composers and performers in ragtime, jazz, and classical music, from Chevalier de Saint-Georges, whose music influenced Mozart, and George Bridgetower, for whom Beethoven composed his "Kreutzer" Sonata, to Anthony Davis's opera "The Central Park Five". Students will examine issues of cultural borrowing in operas by Mozart and Verdi, and shows like Showboat and Porgy and Bess. Guest speakers will include composers and performers. Students will work together in groups to produce materials on course topics in coordination with the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Phillips, P. (PI)
;
Gur, M. (TA)
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