Mar 29, 2024  
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2020-2021 UMA Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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WGS 190 - Women, Music, and Culture

3 CR

Women, Music, and Culture traces the profound and often unheeded contributions of women in Western music from the gilded age to contemporary times. This investigation explores the historical narratives of Western culture’s art, folk, jazz and popular music genres by shining a light on women as teachers, students, composers, patrons and performers. We will also consider cultural and anthropological issues as we reckon with the ways the “glass ceiling” limits women’s musical accomplishments as well as the way women attempt to shatter cultural limitations. Active and guided listening examples will highlight basic musical elements such as style, melody, rhythm, and structure. No musical training is required. (This course is cross listed with MUH 190 )



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