2 courses with the subject JAZZ GU, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
JAZZ GU4900Jazz and the Literary Imagination3
(Lecture). This course will focus on the ways that jazz has been a source of inspiration for a variety of twentieth-century literatures, from the blues poetry of the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary fiction. We will consider in detail the ways that writers have discovered or intuited formal models and political implications in black music. Rather than simply assume that influence only travels in one direction, we will also take up some literary efforts (including autobiography, poetry, historiography, and criticism) by musicians themselves. What are the links between musical form and literary innovation? How can terms of musical analysis (improvisation, rhythm, syncopation, harmony) be applied to the medium of writing? How does music suggest modes of social interaction or political potential to be articulated in language? How does one evaluate the performance of a poem (in an oral recitation or musical setting) in relation to its text? Materials may include writings and recordings by Jacques Attali, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Zora Neale Hurston, Sterling Brown, Kurt Schwitters, Ralph Ellison, Amiri Baraka, Ella Fitzgerald, William Melvin Kelley, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Gayl Jones, Michael Ondaatje, Ed Pavlic, Joseph Jarman, Nathaniel Mackey, and Harryette Mullen, among others. Requirements: weekly response papers, a 5-7 pg. midterm paper and a 9-12 pg. final paper.
- Subject
- JAZZ GU
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- points
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Bulletin
- Source
- bulletin.columbia.edu
JAZZ GU4920Jazz and Cinema3
Because the beginnings of jazz and film both date to the last years of the nineteenth century, the two art forms essentially grew up together. The history of both is inseparable from the technological revolutions of the twentieth century, and at least in the United States, from histories of racial representation. We will explore the racial issues raised by American films along with how filmmakers represent gender, American humor, discourses of art and the popular, and the conventions of narrative. We will pay special attention to how all of this changes dramatically throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. After establishing what is most American about jazz and cinema, we will move on to documentary films as well as to films from Europe where many of the dominant American myths about jazz are both perpetuated and transformed. The goal of the course is to understand jazz as a music as well as a cultural practice that has been in constant flux during the last 120 years. The representation of the music and its practitioners in cinema is crucial to an understanding of the music at each of its many cultural moments. Of Related Interest Course List Code Title Points African American Studies AFAS UN3030AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC AFAS UN3930TOPICS IN THE BLACK EXPERIENCE Dance (Barnard) DNCE BC1247& DNCE BC1248JAZZ DANCE Iand JAZZ DANCE I DNCE BC1445& DNCE BC1446TAP Iand TAP I DNCE BC2248& DNCE BC2249JAZZ DANCE IIand JAZZ DANCE II DNCE BC2447& BC2447TAP IIand TAP II English and Comparative Literature ENGL GU4621HARLEM RENAISSANCE ENGL GU4612JAZZ AND AMERICAN CULTURE Music MPP UN1541COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL MUSI UN2016JAZZ MUSI UN2020SALSA, SOCA ＆ REGGAE MUSI GU4500JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION ＆ ANALYSIS MUSI GU4505JAZZ ARRANGING ＆ COMPOSITION MUSI GU4507The New Thing: Jazz 1955-1980 MUSI GU4540Histories of Post-1960's Jazz Admissions Undergraduate Admissions Postbac Premed Admissions Newly Admitted Students U.S. Military Veterans Dual and Joint Degree Programs Educational Financing Types of Financial Aid Financial Aid for Military Veterans Cost of Attendance Applying for Financial Aid Counseling Appointments Document Upload Form Enrollment Update Form Student Account Refunds Academics Undergraduate Postbac Premed Program Applying to Medical School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Academic Policies Student Services Undergraduate Announcements Postbac Premed Announcements Academic Advising Academic Resource Center Campus Services Fellowships Forms and Guides Graduation Health and Wellness Housing International Students Medical School Fair Planning Your Future Premedical Clinical and Research Opportunities Student Life Veterans Resources and Initiatives About Leadership Mission History Statistics and Facts Notable Alumni University Policies Events Staff Directory Faculty News Press Coverage Media Inquiries Follow Us Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Columbia University ©2019 Columbia University Accessibility Nondiscrimination Careers Built using Columbia Sites Back to top Close this window Print Options Send Page to Printer Print this page. Download Page (PDF)The PDF will include all information unique to this page.Full 2023-2024 Catalog (PDF)This PDF will include the entire Bernard College 2023-2024 Catalogue.Full 2023-2024 Catalog (PDF)This PDF will include the entire Columbia College 2023-2024 Bulletin. Coming Soon!
- Subject
- JAZZ GU
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- points
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Catalog
- 2026-2027 Bulletin
- Source
- bulletin.columbia.edu
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