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JAN 22 Tues. KELLEY/NEAL JOINT SESSION: Introduction of Participants ; Explanation of Live Listening Session #1
Logistics and Deadlines***; Overview of Motown as Cultural and Musical
Phenomenon;
JAN 29 Tues. KELLEY LECTURE: Song Structures and Musical Effects/Student Analysis of Core Live Listening Session #2
Motown Songs;
FEB 5 Tues. NEAL LECTURE: “Guy Bands” and “Girl Groups”: Gender in Motown Musical Live Listening Session #3
Creation ;
FEB 12 Tues. KELLEY LECTURE: Timbral Tags and Orchestration in Motown Songs; Live Listening Session #4
FEB 19 Tues. NEAL LECTURE: Societal Parallelism: Musical Commentary on Broader World Live Listening Session #5
Events in Motown Songs;
FEB 26 Tues. KELLEY CLASS: QUIZ #1: Motown Remake Repertoire Listening Quiz; Live Listening Session #6
KELLEY LECTURE: Versioning & The Doppelgangers of Motown: Re-makes/Covers;
MAR 5 Tues. NEAL LECTURE: Style and Decorum in Motown Artist Preparation; Live Listening Session #7
MAR 12 Tues. SPRING BREAK
MAR 19 Tues. KELLEY LECTURE: Marriage of Lyrics and Melodies of the Motown Style; Live Listening Session #8
Preparation for Recording Projects;
MAR 26 Tues. KELLEY/NEAL JOINT SESSION: Listening to Student Midterm Recordings
Listen to Student Recording Projects (Discussion of Chosen Songs;)
Discuss Marketing and publicity for end-of-semester production;
APR 2 Tues. NEAL SESSION: Cultural Retention of Motown in post-Motown Era Arts and Music; Live Listening Session #9
FIRST DRAFT OF “COVER” SONG DUE
APR 9 Tues. KELLEY LECTURE: Musical Segues and Transitions; Live Listening Session #10
QUIZ #2: Listening for Elements of Music in Motown Songs [Short
Answer]
APR 16 Tues. NEAL LECTURE: Philly Soul as the Stylistic Sequel to Motown Live Listening Session #11
APR 21 Sun. [7PM] KELLEY WORKSHOP:
Dress Rehearsal Workshop/revise Final Projects
APR 23 Tues. 7:00 PM: FINAL, LIVE PRESENTATION OF STUDENT GROUP/SONG[S];
KELLEY/NEAL JOINT SESSION: Final Live Listening Discussion; Closure
and De-Brief; Exploration and Expansion beyond class discussions.
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REQUIRED BOOKS & MATERIALS
Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound
(UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS), by Nelson George
Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit
(HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS), by Suzanne E. Smith
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 (MOTOWN), by Various
Artists
Supplementary Material:
Kingsley Abbott: Calling Out Around the World: A Motown Reader [2001]
Stephen Citron, Song Writing, A Complete Guide to the Craft [2004]
Gerald Early: One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture [2004]
Peter Guralnick: Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of
Freedom [1986]
Berry Gordy: To Be Loved: The Music, The Magic, the Memories of Motown [1995]
David Morse: Motown and the Arrival of Black Music [1972]
Gerald Posner: Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power [2005]
Joel Rudinow: Soul Music:Tracking the Spiritual Roots of Pop from Plato to Motown
[2010]
Various (Hal Leonard): The Big Book of Motown [sheet music anthology] [2004]
Various [Hip-o-Select], The Complete Motown Singles, Vols. 1-11B [CD Anthology,
2006-2009 ]
The Big Chill [dir. Lawrence Kasdan; written by Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara
Benedek, 1983]
Standing in the Shadows of Motown [dir. Paul Justman; written by Alan Slutsky,
Ntozake Shange (narr.), Walter Dallas (narr.), 2002]
Cooley High [dir. Michael Schultz; written by Eric Monte, 1975]
Mahogany [dir., Berry Gordy and Tony Richardson; written by Toni Amber and
Jon Bynum, 1975]