A survey of ragtime and jazz from their roots in pre-twentieth-century black music and white music to contemporary jazz idioms, including an examination of New Orleans jazz and Dixieland, swing, bebop, cool jazz, and free jazz. Precludes additional credit for MUSI 2205. Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.Lectures three hours a week.
A survey of ragtime and jazz from their roots in pre-twentieth-century black music and white music to contemporary jazz idioms, including an examination of New Orleans jazz and Dixieland, swing, bebop, cool jazz, and free jazz. Precludes additional credit for MUSI 2205. Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.Lectures three hours a week.