Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

MUSC 207: History of Rock & Roll Music 12 Thursday, September 6 – The Baby Boom & Youth Culture Required Course Materials: • Reading (9 pages) o Covach, John and Andrew Flory. “The Birth and First Flourishing of Rock and Roll,” in What’s that Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History , 3 rd Edition , 78-111. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. ▪ Introduction (79-80) ▪ The Rise of Youth Culture in the 1950s (80-82) ▪ Radio and Records (82-85) ▪ Crossovers and Covers (85-86) Lecture : • Boone, Paul. “The Baby Boom & Youth Culture Changed American Popular Music,” MUSC 207: History of Rock & Roll Music. Bottineau, ND: Dakota College at Bottineau, September 6, 2018. In Class Evaluation (ICE): • Group Activity: How did youth culture of the Baby Boom generation affect the birth of Rock and Roll? The Birth of Rock-n-Roll, 1950s and 1960s Week 4: Rock and Roll Enters the American Consciousness Tuesday, September 11 – Elvis & the Birth of Rock and Roll Assignment Due: • Essay #1 Prospectus Required Course Materials: • Reading (25 pages) o Covach, John and Andrew Flory. “The Birth and First Flourishing of Rock and Roll,” in What’s that Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History , 3 rd Edition , 78-111. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012. ▪ “The First Rock and Rollers Cross Over” through “The Day the Music Died” (86-111) Lecture : • Boone, Paul. “Elvis Take Center Stage: Rock and Roll is Born,” MUSC 207: History of Rock & Roll Music Bottineau, ND: Dakota College at Bottineau, September 11, 2018. In Class Evaluation (ICE): • Activity: Define Elvis Presley’s effect on Rock and Roll Thursday, September 13- Race and Rock’s Birth Required Course Materials: • Reading o Bresnahan, Rachel. “Appropriation vs. Appreciation in Music: Where Should We Draw the Line?” Sonic Bids Blog , June 30, 2016. ▪ https://blog.sonicbids.com/appropriation-vs-appreciation-in-music-where-should-we- draw-the-line • Listening (12 minutes) o Little Richard. “Tutti Frutti,” Single . Los Angeles, CA: Specialty Records, 1955. ▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVIttmFAzek (Starts at 2:15)