| Course ID: | MUSI 2300. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Music in Athens |
Course
Description: | Explores national and international musical and cultural trends.
The course draws from Athens, Georgia’s diverse musical
communities and their histories, exploring the rock, hip hop, and
indie popular music scenes along with African-American
traditions, folk and traditional musics, and the emergent Latin
music scene. |
| Oasis Title: | Music in Athens |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2300H |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students who successfully complete this course will be able to
• Express orally and in written form basic elements of musical
style
• Identify and demonstrate knowledge about diverse musical
communities and styles
• Develop a critical understanding of the relationship between
music and place
• Demonstrate an understanding of how local music industries
function as well as how they intersect with regional, national,
and global music industries
• Engage with archival resources, oral histories, and other
primary source materials
• Place the contributions of the Athens music scene into a
larger American and Global context
• Understand how the contributions of key individuals can impact
musical style and production and musical communities |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction of musical terminology
2. Historical introduction to Athens’ diverse musical communities
3. Music during Reconstruction
4. Religious music traditions
5. Folk and traditional music
6. The Hot Corner
7. The emergence of the art and rock scenes
8. Indie musics
9. Music industries and economies
10. Latin music in Athens
11. Festivals
12. Music and place |