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Stony Brook University
MUS-109-30: Rock, Popular Music, and Society
MusicOnline
Professor
Ilan Marans
Credits
3
Mode
Online
Tuition
$4,128.1
Course Description
A study of rock and related popular musical traditions in the United States. The music is investigated through consideration of its: 1) musical constituents (rhythm, form, pitch structure, instrumental texture, and vocal style), 2) historical development, beginning with its roots in earlier folk and popular styles through to the present, and 3) social meanings, uses, and ramifications.
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