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ETHN 178Blues: An Oral Tradition

4 units · ETHN · UC San Diego

(Cross-listed with MUS 126.) This course will examine the development of the blues from its roots in work-songs and the minstrel show to its flowering in the Mississippi Delta to the development of urban blues and the close relationship of the blues with jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

None listed in the catalog.

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

One of the options in (1)

  • Ethnic Studies (B.A.)
What it opens up

Courses that list ETHN 178 as a prerequisite (1)

  • MUS 150 Jazz and the Music of the African Diaspora: Special Topics Seminar