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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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