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ROCK N’ ROLL HISTORY AND CULTURE


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Sort Desciption: Rock N' Roll. The year the music died. Dick Clark, Don Kirschner and Berry ... perspective, of Rock N’ Roll music and its cultural influences and effects. ...

Content Inside: 3/24/04 of 3 RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACADEMIC COURSE OUTLINE ROCK N’ ROLL HISTORY AND CULTURE I. Basic Course Information A. Course Number and Title: MUSC103 - Rock N’ Roll History and Culture B. Date of Revised Proposal: Spring 2004 C. Sponsoring Department: Visual and Performing Arts D. Semester Credit Hours: 3 E. Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture 3 Laboratory 0 F. Prerequisites: NONE G. Laboratory Fees: NONE II. Catalog Description This is an introductory course which traces the history of Rock N’ Roll music from its rise as a blending of White and African-American music traditions amidst the youth- oriented culture of post-World War II America to its subsequent diversification and internationalization. This history will be viewed in the context of the political, historical, demographic, cultural and technological forces at work in the modern and post-modern world. The course will also encourage the development of qualitative and quantitative listening skills and will incorporate extensive use of recorded musical examples. Students will be expected to complete listening and research assignments. III. State of Course Need This course addresses the need for students to learn contemporary musical history, and to be able to place the music of our times in cultural/historical context. Late 20th Century music is only minimally addressed in Introduction to Music course and the technology which helped create and define the stylistic parameters of Rock N’ Roll are only tangentially addressed in the Music Synthesis course. Conversely, students encounter Rock N’ Roll every day of their lives in a multitude of venues, but are rarely if ever encouraged to listen critically to it or to consider it in a larger context. IV. Place of Course in College Curriculum A. Free elective B. • The course serves as a General Education elective in the Humanities. • The course satisfies a Performing Arts elective requirement (Arts appreciation) in th ...



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