1. The anthropology of American Folk Music Jodanna Bitner Kylie Lewis http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5dCSdfZFTHE

2. This course would be for undergraduate music majors with an interest in the anthropology of folk music in America. The class would run for a semester. Evaluation of the learning of materials would be dependent on midterm and final grades, papers written during the semester, and teacher evaluations at the end of the semester.

3. Course Description An introduction to the anthropology of folk music in the United States. The course will examine: – Early historical information about folk music – History and evolution of folk music in the U.S. – Appalachian, Western, and Southern folk music – Other regional types of folk music found throughout the U.S. – Cultural trends within folk music – Folk music revivals – Commercialization of folk music in current culture

4. Learning Outcomes 1.Obtaining an understanding of the origins, history, and timeline of American folk music 2.Identify cultural trends and regional music throughout the U.S. 3.Demonstrate a knowledge of the American folk revivals in the 1930s and 1960s 4.Discuss why the commercialization of folk music has a cultural impact on America

5. Example of Course Materials Greenway, J. (1976). Ethnomusicology. Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company. Dunaway, D. (2010). Singing Out: an oral history of America’s folk music revivals. New York: Oxford University Press. Maerz, M., Anderson, K., Bahr, L., Bell, C., Greenblatt, L., Rahman, R., & Smith, G. (2013). The great folk-rock revival. Entertainment Weekly, (1248), 38. Horn, D. (1988). The literature of American music in books and folk music collections. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. Retrieved from: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook /). http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook /

6. Monographs will mostly be used for theory, method and introduction Journals will focus on revival and commercialization of folk music References will include dictionaries, sheet music, encyclopedia, and textbooks Databases are to be used for general information searches The free online materials are recordings and contemporary folk music