Special questions on music history: Aspects of the anglo-american rock

lmusi2882  2026-2027  Louvain-la-Neuve

Special questions on music history: Aspects of the anglo-american rock
5.00 credits
15.0 h
Q2

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2026-2027
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Prerequisites
LMUSI 1503 (20th and 21st century Music)
Main themes
Can be approached: questions of distinction (pop/rock, rap/rock; authenticity/inauthenticity'); rock as music; rock as technology; rock and economie; rock as social identity ; rock and geography; rock and history; rock and the media.
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 -    Be able to transpose the methodological approach of the rock artwork as a key to interpret the contemporary world.
-    Understand the articulation existing between an artistic text and the elements of its context

   
 
Bibliography
Bibliographie sélective
Franck Bergerot, 2023, La grande histoire du jazz, Larousse.
Amy Coddington, 2023, How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop: Radio, Rap, and Race, University of California press.
John Covach et Andrew Flory, 2022, What's that Sound? An Introduction to Rock and its History (6th edition), Norton.
Guillaume Kosmicki, 2025, Musiques électroniques : des avant-gardes aux dancefloors, Le Mot et le reste.
Emmanuel Parent (dir.), 2014, Great Black Music, Actes Sud/Cité de la Musique.
Christophe Pirenne, 2011, Une histoire musicale du rock, Fayard.
Faculty or entity


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology

Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology

Certificat universitaire en musicologie (approfondissement)