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Faculty of Fine Arts
Department of Music
Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk & Rap
FA/MUSI 1520 6.0
Summer 2008
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Course Director: Ray Williams
E-mail: Ray Williams
Course Description and Content
This course explores in depth the range of African-American popular music that came into existence during the 1920’s. Numerous styles and genres will be studied from various points of view (musicological, sociological & theoretical) and a wide variety of structural forms and musical techniques will be analyzed. The historical context as relates to the development of this music will be explored. The experiences of the personalities will also be studied in an effort to gain greater understanding of their artistic development.
Schedule: Classes meets each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as follows:
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PLACE |
INSTRUCTOR |
| Section A |
8:30AM - 10:30AM |
ACW 206 |
Ray Williams |
| Section B |
7:00PM - 9:00PM |
ACW 206 |
n/a |
| Section C |
2:30PM - 4:30PM |
ACW 206 |
n/a |
Required Text: Various readings may be suggested.
Requirements: Notebook, pen and ears. Pencil & Eraser required for tests.
Academic Honesty
Please note the Senate Policy on academic honesty found on the York website at http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/legislation/senate/acadhone.htm.
Any form of cheating will result in a mark of ZERO.
Assignment Submission
All assignments are to be submitted directly to the instructor during class time. If this is not possible, you may submit your assignments to the Music Office in Accolade East Building 3rd Floor [371] before 3:00PM during working days. Make sure your assignment is time stamped by the Music Office staff to establish the date of submission.
Evaluation and Grading
| Component |
% WEIGHT |
| Listening Journal |
30 |
| Tests (in class "listening", context, terminology, analysis, genre) |
40 |
| Attendance, Effort & Participation |
30 |
| TOTAL |
100 |
Last Date to Drop without Academic Penalty: May 30, 2008
Topic Schedule and Due Dates:
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TOPIC |
2007 |
TOPIC |
| May 6 |
Introduction, The Blues |
Jun 4 |
Seventies 2 - Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes |
| May 7 |
Louis Armstrong |
Jun 5 |
Seventies 3 - Stevie Wonder, Gamble & Huff |
| May 8 |
Billie Holiday |
Jun 5 |
Listening Journal Due [30%] |
| May 13 |
Nat King Cole |
Jun 10 |
Seventies 4 - Ballads |
| May 14 |
Ray Charles |
Jun 11 |
Seventies 5 - Disco 1 |
| May 15 |
Doo Wop - Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke |
Jun 12 |
Seventies 6 - Disco 2 |
| May 20 |
Test 1 [10%] |
T.B.A. |
Test 3 [15%] |
| May 21 |
Sixties 1 - Berry Gordy, Motown |
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| May 22 |
Sixties 2 - The Supremes, HDH |
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| May 27 |
Sixties 3 - James Brown, Aretha Franklin |
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| May 28 |
Sixties 4 - Stax |
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| May 29 |
Seventies 1 - Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye |
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| June 3 |
Test 2 [15%] |
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Listening Journal
You are required to listen to African-American popular music performed by African-American artists and record information about this music in a Listening Journal. The Journal should be divided into two sections. The first must cover music up to and including 1969 and the second music between 1970 and 1990. The Journal may be hand written but it must be well presented.
The Journal will consist of individual listings for each song you listen to. You should record your personal feeling about each song. These reflections are the most important component of your journal. Please ensure these are personal and contain no biographical information. There must be no duplicates i.e. same song by the same artist (these will result in mark deductions). There must be a table of contents. The Journal’s pages must be numbered. The journal should explore a minimum of 150 songs and be at least 30 pages long. Entries should contain factual data about each song, which may include, but is not limited to: artist, song name, composer, release date, record label, chart peak position, etc. Plagiarism, especially cut/paste from the Internet, will result in deductions of up to 100%. The journal should not contain songs played in class (i.e. songs listed in bold in the syllabus).
Journals are due at the end of class on June 5, 2008. Every journal submitted late will result in a minimum 10% deduction – no exceptions. If you are unable to submit your journal in class, then it must be submitted to the Music Office at
Accolade
East
Building
3rd Floor [Room 371]. Please ensure that your journal is time stamped to prove the date it was submitted.
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