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    Music is classified across Western societies as “classical” (or “highbrow”) and “popular.” The notion of cultural hierarchy implicit in these labels is so pervasive that musical genres can appear to belong inherently to one category or the other. Opera, the symphony, and chamber music are today typically thought of as “classical,” whereas the Broadway musical, jazz, country, and rock are “popular.” But what may seem to be immutable categorizations have in fact varied across time in response to each era’s particular social, aesthetic, and ideological concerns. This course examines continuity and change in American society’s conception of cultural hierarchy in music. It engages enduring questions about music’s social origins and functions and scrutinizes the evolving relationships between cultural stratification and social class.

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    Music is classified across Western societies as “classical” (or “highbrow”) and “popular.” The notion of cultural hierarchy implicit in these labels is so pervasive that musical genres can appear to belong inherently to one category or the other. Opera, the symphony, and chamber music are today typically thought of as “classical,” whereas the Broadway musical, jazz, country, and rock are “popular.” But what may seem to be immutable categorizations have in fact varied across time in response to each era’s particular social, aesthetic, and ideological concerns. This course examines continuity and change in American society’s conception of cultural hierarchy in music. It engages enduring questions about music’s social origins and functions and scrutinizes the evolving relationships between cultural stratification and social class.

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    Music is classified across Western societies as “classical” (or “highbrow”) and “popular.” The notion of cultural hierarchy implicit in these labels is so pervasive that musical genres can appear to belong inherently to one category or the other. Opera, the symphony, and chamber music are today typically thought of as “classical,” whereas the Broadway musical, jazz, country, and rock are “popular.” But what may seem to be immutable categorizations have in fact varied across time in response to each era’s particular social, aesthetic, and ideological concerns. This course examines continuity and change in American society’s conception of cultural hierarchy in music. It engages enduring questions about music’s social origins and functions and scrutinizes the evolving relationships between cultural stratification and social class.

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    Musical Hierarchies in American Society


    Music is classified across Western societies as classical (or highbrow) and popular. The notion of cultural hierarchy
    implicit in these labels is so pervasive that musical genres can appear to belong inherently to one category or the other.
    Opera, the symphony, and chamber music are today typically thought of as classical, whereas the Broadway musical,
    jazz, country, and rock are popular. But what may seem to be immutable categorizations have in fact varied across time
    in response to each eras particular social, aesthetic, and ideological concerns. This course examines continuity and
    change in American societys conception of cultural hierarchy in music. It engages enduring questions about musics
    social origins and functions and scrutinizes the evolving relationships between cultural stratification and social class.

    Professor Levy
    Tues/Thurs 2:00-3:30pm

    REGISTER FOR SPRING 2014

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