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MU106,
Fall 2012
Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30-3:50 (ELM)
Videos: Mondays at 7:00 PM (ELM)
Office: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:00-5:00 (Zankel 209) |
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| MU106. An introduction to the Beatles through their core repertoire, tracing their development from teens in Liverpool, through the years of "Beatlemania," into their psychedelic and post-psychedelic phases, and finally their dissolution. |
| Students will (a) learn to recognize the most important parts of the Beatles repertoire (their singles and EPs and selected highlights from albums), (b) be able to place these recordings into appropriate biographical and cultural contexts, and (c) be able to identify the active participants in this history and their contributions. |
| Classes will be in a lecture format, with discussion of the history, structure, and texts of individual recordings. |
| Assessment will be through (a) approximately biweekly quizzes and (b) a short final paper on some specific aspect of the Beatles and their repertoire. |
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| (Background: Modified version of Klaus Voorman's cover for Revolver.) |
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