History & Culture Courses

Students majoring or minoring in Music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor. 

Number Title Codes Cross-Lists Notes
MUSIC 130 World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches CCI, ALP, CZ CULANTH 131
RIGHTS 130
Instructor: Louise Meintjes, meintjes@duke.edu
MUSIC 137 Music, Social Life, and Scenes CCI, R, W, ALP, CZ CULANTH 137 Instructor: Sophia Enriquez, sophia.enriquez@duke.edu
MUSIC 143 History of Rock: Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll to Indie Rock and Hip-Hop ALP, CZ AAAS 139
HISTORY 108
Instructor: Nicholas Stoia, nicholas.stoia@duke.edu
MUSIC 144 Meet the Beatles and the 1960s EI, ALP, CZ Instructor: Thomas Brothers,
tdb@duke.edu
MUSIC 145 Hip-Hop/Rap Music Appreciation ALP AAAS 145 Instructor: Francis Roberts, francis.roberts@duke.edu
MUSIC 190S Special Topics in Music Instructor: various
MUSIC 236 African Music: Sound, History, Culture, Politics CCI, EI, STS, ALP, SS CULANTH 235
ICS 259
MUSIC 255S Music History I: Antiquity Through Renaissance CCI, ALP, CZ MEDREN 201S Students majoring or minoring in Music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor.

Instructor: Thomas Brothers, tdb@duke.edu
MUSIC 256S Music History II: 1600 through Mozart CCI, R, ALP, CZ MEDREN 202S Students majoring or minoring in Music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor.

Instructor: Roseen Giles, roseen.giles@duke.edu; Jacqueline Waeber, jw140@duke.edu
MUSIC 257 Music History III: Beethoven through WWI CCI, R, ALP, CZ Students majoring or minoring in music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor.

Instructor: R. Larry Todd, r.todd@duke.edu
MUSIC 258 Music History IV: Post-WWI through the Present R, W, ALP, CZ Students majoring or minoring in music MUST complete the core requirements (MUS261, MUS361, MUS461, MUS255S, MUS256S, MUS257, MUS258) for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor.

Instructor: Philip Rupprecht, philip.rupprecht@duke.edu
MUSIC 290S-3 Special Topics in Ethnomusicology Instructor: various
MUSIC 335 The History of Hip-Hop CCI, ALP AAAS 335
CULANTH 335
ENGLISH 381
HISTORY 335
VMS 337
Course is owned by AAAS and crosslisted with Music
MUSIC 501 Introduction to Musicology R, ALP Instructor: Philip Rupprecht, philip.rupprecht@duke.edu
MUSIC 553 Music in the Baroque Era R, ALP MEDREN 524 Instructor: Roseen Giles, roseen.giles@duke.edu
MUSIC 555 Music in the Nineteenth Century R, ALP Instructor: R. Larry Todd, r.todd@duke.edu
MUSIC 556 Music in the Twentieth Century R, ALP Instructor: Philip Rupprecht, philip.rupprecht@duke.edu
MUSIC 561S Analysis of Early Music ALP Instructor: Thomas Brothers, tdb@duke.edu; Roseen Giles, roseen.giles@duke.edu
MUSIC 562 Analysis of Music After 1900 ALP Instructor: Philip Rupprecht, philip.rupprecht@duke.edu