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Louisville, Kentucky

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PAS 578

The Music of the Black Church

This course is designed for the upper division or graduate student in music or Pan-African studies and explores the historical and musical development of African-American sacred music from slavery to the present; from Spirituals to traditional and contemporary Gospel music. Special emphasis is given to the impact that this music has had on African-American culture in the United States, which represents a synthesis of African and European cultures into a unique hybrid with its own tradition of development

Units: 3.0