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AMS 301 - Pops & Jelly Roll: New Orleans and Its Music in the Early Twentieth Century

Description
An examination of Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans. The course evaluates their music and the more general style of early New Orleans jazz in relation to the geographical, social, political, and economic dynamics of that great American city in the early 20th century. Particular attention will be given to the social and musical interactions among New Orleans’ disparate ethnic groups that led to the formation of a unique style of jazz derived from ragtime, blues and the ubiquitous marching band music from that era. Same as AFS/MUS 301 .
Credits: 1

Course Attribute(s):
ARTS Gen Ed: Arts Requirement


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