GRMUS H694 — Music & 20th C. Movements

This course explores the connection between music and 20th-century sociopolitical movements and considers the complex ways in which music affects historical inflection points and is affected by them. Topics include: a survey of the diverse music genres associated with women’s suffrage and women’s equality causes; music and the Civil Rights era; and immigration movements. The course takes a wide-angle view of the music associated with these movements so as to emphasize the diverse musical responses to profound social change. Students will complete projects that highlight the relationship between musical innovation and social shifts as a way to underscore the ways in which music soundtracks the upheaval of change.