CMNS 321 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ken Burns, Music Of Africa, Pop-Rap

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 321
• Professor: Vincent Andrisani

Document Summary

Week 1 - the study of popular music: from personal taste to collective experience. By way of notes on a page - classical music. This way of study doesn"t work with popular music. Saying that they should start to study it by way of lyrics. Frith argues that music has four social functions: Frith argues music is in the middle of social change, not on the outside looking in. Music is not simply a reflection of society, it is part and parcel of it; it does something - it has a prominent social and political role in public life. Week 2 - the history of popular music: the birth of an industry. Jacqeus attali, portia maultsby, and ken burns each develop their own account of pop music"s origins. Attali begin in the medieval period, and deals with its commodification - the origins of music"s relationship with the free market.