May 07, 2024  
2022-2023 William R. Kellett School of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Academic Catalog 
    
2022-2023 William R. Kellett School of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MU 612 - Folk Song History and Research I (2 semester hours)

Semester Hours: 2
In this course, emphasis is placed on the historical and cultural contexts of folk songs of the United States. Students study the work of various folk song collectors’ field recordings and primary source collections. Specific folk song types as well as regional and cultural folk song characteristics are studied. Students also begin work on folk song transcription, and creating a basic folk song index-retrieval system.

Pre-requisites: none.



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