The Show-Tune Canon Meets the No-Show Songbook
TDM 194S
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Course Information
Description
a. This course places show-tunes in radical dialogue with street-music of the 20th century: rock, disco, punk, rap and beyond.
b. This course also invites students to create the first scene of their own
MINI-POP-MUSICAL!
c. It also invites the student to utilize short self-made podcasts and videos as weekly assignments. Unless they’d rather write papers.
This Course Asks a Few Questions:
What can we learn about race, religion, class, gender, sexuality, immigration and capitalism, by comparing how these subjects are framed in the show-tune realm vs the popular song realm?
And what can we learn by creating radical conversations between contemporary pop songs and traditional show-tunes?
Course Notes
This course satisfies the “Critical" or "Practical" requirement for TDM concentrators and Secondary Field students.
Class Notes
More details about the course and petition process are on the Canvas course site.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
