ENG 127 SONGS

How words act in the context of music. Concentrating on the past century of American lyrics, we ask how a song, through rhyme, the fit between words and notes, and larger structures, makes us want to hear and sing it. Dylan, Billie Holiday, Cohen, Mitchell, Sufian Stevens, and other folk, blues, jazz, and popular songwriters.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as AMS 127.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 28 students.

Attributes

A4, MOIB