Music's Big Bang: The Genesis of Rock 'n' Roll (Coursera)

Music's Big Bang: The Genesis of Rock 'n' Roll (Coursera)
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Music's Big Bang: The Genesis of Rock 'n' Roll (Coursera)
Explores the factors — musical and cultural — that led to the birth of American rock 'n' roll music in the early 1950s. Covers in detail the genres, styles and people that converged to create this new music.

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Syllabus:


WEEK 1

Four basic themes of our course

Some basic tenets of rock 'n' roll


WEEK 2

In the beginning: American popular music

There were many, many genres, styles and sub styles of American pop


WEEK 3

The blues: Mississippi Ghosts 1

The Mississippi Delta, an area surrounding the Mississippi River, becomes the cradle of the blues


WEEK 4

The blues: Mississippi Ghosts 2

The legend of Robert Johnson and his visit to "the crossroads"


WEEK 5

A tale of three cities: New Orleans

New Orleans is the city of jazz


WEEK 6

A tale of three cities: Chicago

Chicago is where the blues went electric


WEEK 7

A tale of three cities: Memphis

The delivery room of rock 'n' roll



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42.00 EUR

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