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MUH 2019 (section 0001) “American Popular Music” (Fall 2014, Class # 81325)

MUH 2019 (section 0001) “American Popular Music” (Fall 2014, Class # 81325). Nicholson School of Communication Building (NSC), Room 0101 3:00 pm-4:15 pm (Tues-Thurs). Instructor: Scott Warfield Associate Professor of Music History Office: PAC M 227.

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MUH 2019 (section 0001) “American Popular Music” (Fall 2014, Class # 81325)

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  1. MUH 2019(section 0001)“American Popular Music”(Fall 2014, Class # 81325) Nicholson School of Communication Building (NSC), Room 0101 3:00 pm-4:15 pm (Tues-Thurs)

  2. Instructor: Scott WarfieldAssociate Professor of Music HistoryOffice: PAC M 227 Graduate Teaching Assistant:Ms. Victoria DandreaOffice: PAC M 203

  3. Syllabus(& other Important Points) • 3 credits - may count toward GEP # 2.B.(check your catalog and speak to your advisor) • Textbook & Other Materials • Communication (email, web pages, etc.) • Testing and Grading • Class Procedures and Decorum, etc. • Final Details (Academic Integrity, SDS, etc.)

  4. Some Important Web Pages • My home web page :Scott Warfield's Home page(google my name to find) • MUH 2019 home web page :MUH 2019 - "American Popular Music..."- links to: Syllabus, Daily Assignments, Publisher’s Web Site, (my) Review Sheets, PowerPoint Slides, etc. • “Bookmark” or add to your “Favorites”

  5. TEXTBOOK • REQUIRED • 4th Edition ONLY • UCF Bookstore or….? - Buy - Rent (?) - Borrow (this edition) • Download Access Card(for 60 audio examples) • REQUIRED

  6. FRIENDLY ALERT Tuesday, 26 August 2014, beginning of class Short “Pre-Test” (no STUDYING required) General background and music knowledge Your Score irrelevant Counts as “extra credit” for course (1-2 points) Bring “Strawberry” scantrons and #2 pencil Must complete to qualify for Financial Aid

  7. “American Popular Music” What is it?

  8. “American” United States of America (only)

  9. What is “Popular”? • from The Oxford English Dictionary • Etymology: “classical Latin populāris (adjective) of or belonging to the people as a whole, belonging to or used by ordinary people, available to the whole community, of the common people, supporting or professing to support the interests of the common people, liked or admired by many people”

  10. OED definitions (selected) • 3a. Of, relating to, deriving from, or consisting of ordinary people or the people as a whole; generated by the general public; democratic. • 4. Of cultural activities or products. • 4a. Intended for or suited to the understanding or taste of ordinary people, esp. as opposed to specialists in a field; spec. (of literature, etc.) intended for and directed at a general readership. • 4b. Adapted to the means of ordinary people; low or moderate in price.

  11. More OED definitions • 7a. Liked or admired by many people, or by a particular person or group. • 7b. Designating forms of art, music, or culture with general appeal; intended primarily to entertain, please, or amuse. Cf. sense A. 4, popular culture n. • (Hint: “4” is best for this course)

  12. Starr & Waterman define… “In this book we use the term ‘popular music’ broadly to indicate music that is mass-reproduced and disseminated via the mass media, that has at various times been listened to by large numbers of Americans, and that typically draws upon a variety of preexisting musical traditions.” (textbook, p. 6)

  13. …thus, “popular music” is: 1. mass-produced and mass-disseminated(requires some sort of technology) 2. listened to (“used” and “consumed”) by large numbers of people (in the U.S.) (now or in the past) 3. generally based on a variety of (pre-existing) musical traditions

  14. Chapter 1 – “Themes and Streams”Course Goals Think CRITICALLY about Music(“A duck hears…people listen”) Learn the history and context of this music(who makes it and uses it, and why….) Learn many of the styles of U.S. popular music from the 1840s to the recent past

  15. Five “Themes” Listening Critically Music and Identity Music and Technology Music is a Business Music has “Centers” and “Peripheries” (places)

  16. Friendly Alert (Again) Tuesday, 26 August 2014 PRE-TEST Bring aSTRAWBERRY scantron & # 2 pencil

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