JAN 204 - Meet The Beatles!

Course Meeting Days & Times: MTWTh, 2:45 PM-5:15 PM

Instructor(s): Cowan, Jake

Email: jac50@stmarys-ca.edu

Fee: $0

Course Description:  Few twentieth-century artists have had as widespread & long-lasting an impact as the Beatles, their creative influence ranging from fashion to film, politics to pop art, religion to rock ‘n roll. Tracking the artistic trajectory of the band beginning with their early Liverpudlian days as the Quarrymen to their bitter dissolution a decade later, this fully in-person course will explore in depth the compositional techniques, recording innovations, psychedelic lyricism, stylistic choices, & broad cultural legacy of the Fab Four. Through a close historical study of the group’s development as songwriters & performers, students will gain a greater understanding & appreciation of the musical concepts & technical experiments that made their work so distinctive & influential, as well as the pivotal role the Beatles played within the revolutionary counterculture of the 1960s. In turn, the course will attend to the historical & contemporaneous context, the social forces & artistic milieu that informed the evolution of the band, as well as their continued relevance among artists today.

Prerequisites & Notes
None

Credits: 3