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P.h.D Robert Tennyson P.h.D Robert Tennyson

146600

Early Jazz

VO 3

6,5

keine Angabe

semestral

Englisch

An introduction to the principal movements, schools, and performers of American Jazz from the New Orleans Era through World War II. No previous knowledge of or about music is required.

This course will be conducted in Innsbruck, Austria, as part of the University of New Orleans’ Academic Year abroad (AYA) program. The cities of Innsbruck and New Orleans are sister cities, so taking a course on Introduction to Jazz/Early Jazz in Innsbruck makes a lot more sense than may seem at first glance. Austria is a country renowned for its classical music and musicians, but jazz is also a particularly beloved form of music here as well. Swing, big band and jazz were music forms brought by the American troops who liberated Europe from Nazi oppression at the end of WW II, and so jazz also has a symbolic significance in Austria. This course will introduce students to some basic concepts of music in general and to the principal factors which make music “jazz” in particular. Beginning with the music elements which culminate in the New Orleans improvisational jazz sound, the course will follow the style changes through Kansas City, Chicago and New York. The course will end with a study of the larger ensembles that develop the swing/Big Band Jazz of the mid-20th Century. Lectures, required readings and discussions will be augmented by listening to music both in and out of the classroom. Jazz performances in and around Innsbruck will be included in the course content as possible. Final grades will be determined by a combination of class participation, field participation and final exam.

Tanner, et al, JAZZ, 11th Edition, Dubuque, Iowa: Wm.C.Brown, Publisher THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION OF CLASSIC JAZZ (CDs) CDs distributed, Texts on reserve

Course begins October 20, time and place to be announced. This course is open to University of Innsbruck students. Personal contact required: Dr. Margaret Davidson, margaret.davidson@uibk.ac.at
Beginn: 20.10.2010