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Apr 20, 2024
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MUS 2150 - American Folk Music
Course Description:
This course is a survey of the diverse roots of music that has shaped traditional and contemporary folk music in America.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history and development of the various folk music traditions in the United States;
- Understand the experience of combining approaches from folklore, ethnomusicology, cultural history, anthropology, and geography;
- Demonstrate knowledge of: Appalachian Music, Old Time Music; Early Country Music and the Commercialization of Traditional Music, the Pre-Bluegrass Years, The Definitive Bluegrass Bands, Folksong Revival of the 1960’s and Bluegrass Revivals and media.
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