MUS 126Blues: An Oral Tradition
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. (Cross-listed with ETHN 178.)
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “upper-division standing or consent of instructor.”
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (2)
- Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts
- Music (B.A.)
Courses that list MUS 126 as a prerequisite (1)
- MUS 150 Jazz and the Music of the African Diaspora: Special Topics Seminar