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CMU 3023 - History of Popular Music (3) S


A Nashville-centric and globally-informed overview of the history of popular music. The course explores varied roles, techniques, philosophies, and achievements of songwriters and musicians throughout recent popular music history. It is popular artist and recording focused, with a secondary emphasis on the historical business relationship between artists and music publishers/A&R staff. The course is an invitation to students to appreciate songwriting’s past and imagine themselves in its future.