MUSIC 2260 - Music of the 1960’s

(crosslisted) AMST 2260, ASRC 2260, SHUM 2260
(CA-AS)

Winter. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Music majors may enhance this course with additional content and an extra credit by enrolling concurrently in MUSIC 3901.

B. Piekut.

In this class, we will examine how musicians working in such genres as rock, jazz, folk, classical, soul, and experimental music responded and contributed to the major themes of the 1960s in the US: the counterculture, Vietnam, the civil rights movement, women’s liberation, and the space race. We will examine written texts, recordings, and films from the period. The ability to read music is not required.