Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

MUSC 207: History of Pop/Rock Music 4  Thursday, January 31: Youth Culture & the Birth of Rock and Roll  ICE : How did the youth of 1950s help create rock and roll? Week 5: Elvis & the Birth of Rock and Roll  Tuesday, February 5: Elvis Take Center Stage  Analytical Essay : Outline Due  Textbook : Covach & Flory, 86-111.  Thursday, February 7: No Class Meeting – Assessment Day Week 6: Rock and Rock Goes Commercial  Tuesday, February 12: Music Industry Cashes In  Analytical Essay : Rough Draft Due  Textbook : Covach & Flory, 112-134.  Thursday, February 14: The Producers’ Medium  Textbook : Covach & Flory, 134-153.  PSA : Last day to submit a PSA for Section 2  ICE : How did the commercialization redefine Rock and Roll? Section 3: Rock Takes Over the Airwaves: Rock-n-Roll in the 1960s and 1970s Week 7: Here Come the Beatles  Tuesday, February 19: The Beatles Change the Music Landscape  Analytical Essay : Revised Prospectus or Final Draft for Section 2 Due  Textbook : Covach & Flory, 159-175.  Listening : “The Beatles’ ‘Rubber Soul’ Bounces Back,” All Things Considered . NPR, October 24, 2005. Audio, 8:17.  Thursday, February 21: The Beatles Redefine Pop Music  Textbook : Covach & Flory, 175-176, 190-191, & 257-265.  Listening : “‘Sgt. Pepper,’ an Album That Shaped an Era,” All Things Considered . NPR, June 1, 2007. Audio, 8:18.  ICE : How did the Beatles redefine popular music? Week 8: The Roots of Rock and Roll Reinvented  Tuesday, February 26: The British “Reinvents” the Blues  Analytical Essay : Outline Due  Textbook : Covach & Flory, 176-190 & 302-307.  Reading : James Hamilton. “How Rock and Roll Became White.” Slate . October 6, 2016.  Thursday, February 28: Americans “Remake” Folk Music  Textbook : Covach & Flory, 192-221.  ICE : Debate - Were the British Bluesmen & American folkies appropriation or authentic? Neither? Both? Week 9: Motown Pop, Southern Grit, and the Funk  Tuesday, March 5: The Motown Sound & Look  Analytical Essay : Rough Draft Due  Textbook : Covach & Flory, 222-235.  Listening : Simon. “Why ‘Dancing in The Street’ Gets the People Going,” Weekend Edition Saturday . NPR, July 28, 2018. Audio, 8:23.  Thursday, March 7: Southern Soul and Northern Funk  Textbook : Covach & Flory, 235-253.  PSA : Last day to submit a PSA for Section 3  ICE : Essay - How did the musicians and producers reshape popular music in the early 1960s? March 11-15 Spring Break