MUSIC 1244 - THE MUSIC OF THE BEATLES

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course combines a study of the cultural context in which The Beatles worked with a consideration of how the music was created and evolved over time. Topics include the band's formative influences, relationships to contemporary artists, and evolution from live performing band to studio recording artists. Broader contextual themes include the rise of "teenage culture", Beatlemania as a phenomenon most closely associated with young female fans, and the band's relationship to the "youth counterculture".
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Attributes: DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req., West European Studies

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