Syllabus Music 118 – American Popular Music Since 1850 PDF

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The objective of this course is to explore the rich history of popular music in America through five common themes: Critical Listening, Music Business, Music Technology, Music and Identity, and Centers and Peripheries. Through studying these themes students will understand the history of popular mus...

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University of Illinois at Chicago Music 118 – American Popular Music Since 1850 MWF 11:00am - 11:50am Fall 2019 ARC 132 Instructor:

Jordan Kamps Office: ETMSW L232 Email: [email protected] (emails must include your class and section, emails will not be replied to if the information can be found in the syllabus) Office Hours: Everyday by appointment

The objective of this course is to explore the rich history of popular music in America through five common themes: Critical Listening, Music Business, Music Technology, Music and Identity, and Centers and Peripheries. Through studying these themes students will understand the history of popular music in America, the people and institutions that shaped it’s sound, and how it evolved to the place it is today. Course Materials: - Text (optional): American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3 5th Edition by Starr and Waterman (for reference when missing class) - Packback account - Spotify account. www.spotify.com All assignments, materials, tests, and playlists will be posted and collected through the blackboard site for this class. Unit Tests: Unit Tests will take place at the end of each larger Unit. All tests will be administered online through the blackboard site for this class. Tests will be open from the end of class on Friday of that week and be open until the next class on Monday. Class will still meet on the day the exam is scheduled. **No makeup exams will be administered** NOTE: there is an addendum to the syllabus regarding troubles during online testing. Refer to this before taking tests online. Packback: Participation is a requirement for this course, and the Packback Questions platform will be used for online discussion about class topics. Packback Questions is an online community where you can be freely curious and ask BIG questions about how what we’re studying relates to life and the real world. In order to receive your points per week, you must post 1 Question and 2 Answers per week relevant to our class subject matter per week. There will be a Sunday 11:59 PM deadline for submissions in your community each week. You will receive an email from Packback about how to register. There is additional information found in Blackboard about how to register for Packback. Song Paper:

During each of the 3 main units of this class you will be required to produce an analysis and historical perspective of a single song. Each paper will be 1-2 pages long and will include and additional page outline of the song, its lyrics (if applicable), and its formal parts. The song being written about will be chosen from a list provided by the instructor and will come from one of the eras within each unit. Final Exam: The final exam will take place online in blackboard. The exam will remain open for the duration of finals week. The exam is available from 9:00am on Monday to 11:59pm of Friday of finals week. No make-up exams will be administered if the exam is missed. Grading: 35% - Unit Tests 25% - Song Papers 20% - Packback 20% - Final Exam

100 – 90 89 – 80 79 – 70 69 – 60 59 – below

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Weekly schedule of classes Week

Topic

Wk 1:

Introduction: 1760s – 1899 Themes in Popular music How to listen

Wk 2:

Popular Music of the Late 1800s and early 1900s

Events

Introductory test Wk 3:

Unit 1: 1900 – 1945 1900-1918 Social Dance and Jazz

Wk 4:

1920s & 1930s Part 1 The Golden Age of Tin Pan Alley Great Depression

Wk 5:

1920s & 1930s Part 2 Race Records and Hillbilly Music

Wk 6:

1935 - 1945 The Swing Era Unit 1 test

Wk 7:

Unit 2: 1946 – 1979 1946 – 1956 Music after the war Rock ‘n’ Roll

Wk 8:

1954 – 1964 Rock ‘n’ Roll Early 60’s dance

Producers Beach Boys Wk 9:

1964-1970 The Beatles

Wk 10:

1960s Country Soul Urban Folk Rock

Wk 11:

1970s Part 1 Rock Country Concept Albums

Wk 12:

1970s Part 2 Progressive Country Reggae Punk Disco and Rap

Wk 13:

Unit 3: 1980 – Today 1980s Digital Technology, MTV and the Popular Mainstream

Wk 14:

1986 - 1999 Hip-Hop, Alternative Music, and the Entertainment Business

Wk 15:

2000 - Present

Unit 2 Test

Present and Future of Pop Music

FINALS WEEK

No class

Final exam online...