Open Educational Resources
Document Type
Assignment
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
Assignment designed as a final project for the undergraduate course MSH245: The American Musical Experience at Lehman College. This course surveys different musical expressions that emerged in the United States as well as the historical, social and technological contexts framing their popularization.This assignment asks students to analyze a song of their choosing performed by an American artist and to follow specific requirements in their study of this piece which include: historical and social contextualization, analysis of style, influences and lyrics, as well as the elaboration of a "listening guide" to fully appreciate the composition. Students are given the option to present this analysis as either a written essay or a narrated recording.
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American Popular Culture Commons, Creative Writing Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Music Education Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Theory Commons, Other Music Commons
Comments
This OER was created under the CUNY/SUNY Scale Up Initiative grant, 2023-2024, sponsored by the CUNY Office of Library Services.