<p>Lecture, four hours. Exploration of what pop music is, how it became global, and what globalization and glocalization are. Pop music here is defined not just as music which has a wide audience base (which is popular), but music whose existence is result of technologies of recording, mass production, and mass distribution. Examination of rise of music industries and mass-produced music in countries across world in early 20th century, exploring issues of technology, capitalism, industry, trade, and migrations associated with colonialism. Study of how pop music from U.S. and numerous countries across world was global, transregional, and globalized before era of globalization in 1990s, as recording gave music new potential to travel. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Ethnomusicology

The school cultivates models for musical studies that integrate exemplary scholarship and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

Herb Alpert School of Music

Ethnomusicology involves the study of all kinds of music from all over the world, using a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

General Catalog

Global Popular Musics I: Emergence of Recording Industries and Major Styles

ETHNMUS 21

4 units