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Spring 2013 Music G8416 section 001 SEM-ETHNOMUSICOLOGY:AMERICAS ETHNO SEMINAR ON ALAN LOMAX | |
| Call Number | 21233 |
| Day & Time Location |
R 4:10pm-6:00pm 701A Dodge Hall |
| Points | 3 |
| Approvals Required | Instructor |
| Instructor | John Szwed |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Course Description | This seminar will explore the role that Alan Lomax and his family played in creating a distinctively American approach to folklore and ethnomusicology. Topics will include the history of Anglo- and African American folk song collecting; the Archive of American Folk Song; the popularization of folk song (Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Carl Sandburg, Pete Seeger, Zora Neal Hurston, Mary Elizabeth Barnicle, the recording business and radio, the second folk revival, and folk festivals.); Lomax's stay in the UK, Spain and Italy; the mapping of the world's song styles; the use of micro-cultural studies of the body in song, dance, and speech; and new approaches to the use of film, video, and the computer. |
| Web Site | CourseWorks |
| Department | Music |
| Enrollment | 8 students (16 max) as of 7:19PM Sunday, May 19, 2013 |
| Subject | Music |
| Number | G8416 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| Open To | Graduate School of Arts and Science, Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate, International and Public Affairs |
| Campus | Morningside |
| Section key | 20131MUSI8416G001 |
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