MUSIC 2340 - [The Beatles]

(crosslisted) AMST 2340
(ALC-AS, CA-AS)

Fall. Not offered: 2022-2023. Next offered: 2023-2024. 3 credits. Student option grading.

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

J. Peraino.

The course will focus on the music of the Beatles and their impact on American and British culture in the 1960s to the present day. Topics include considerations of race, gender, class, sexuality, and the media in their rise to fame; the influence of the counter-culture, drugs, and other rock musicians, as well as Western and Indian classical music on their music and image; their perceived rivalry with the Rolling Stones; and their experimentation with recording technology