Note: This is the 2024–2025 eCalendar. Current program and course information is now found in the McGill Course Catalogue at https://coursecatalogue.mcgill.ca/.
Overview
Music History and Literature : An overview of scholarly methods used in the study of popular music. Topics will include a broad range of issues related to music analysis, including technical-stylistic approaches as well as ideas about analytical pertinence, aesthetics, and semiotics. Introduction to approaches associated with the sociology of music, sound studies, media studies, gender and critical race studies. These topics will be explored through a range of readings, and the analysis of selected recordings.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Brackett, David (Winter)
Prerequisite: MUHL 286 or equivalent
