Six Musical Masterworks That Changed America

music talks nycMusic permeates our lives. Thanks to technology, it is always with us…via the radio, our smart phones, TV commercials, film music, even the streamed music at our local malls and favorite restaurants. Technology has made it easy for us to put music in the background. The goal of this lecture is to bring it front and center again.

As Professor Anna Celenza (the Thomas E. Caestecker Professor of Music at Georgetown University) demonstrates, music does not simply reflect culture…it changes it. To demonstrate just how such changes come about, she highlights six musical masterpieces that changed America. These include: an 18th-century drinking tune that defined American patriotism, an early 20th-century concert work that redefined Americans’ concept of “music,” an orchestral suite and ballad from the 1930s that fueled the need for nature conservation and the Civil Rights movement, a musical from the late 1950s that inadvertently strengthened negative Hispanic stereotypes and a 1980s pop album that changed American foreign policy.

Hunter College
Lecture Hall 714 West
912 Lexington Ave., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10065

Regular tickets $99, but use coupon code THOUGHT and save $50.

Thought Gallery readers can also enjoy a discount package that combines this talk and 1450 BC: The Year a Woman Ruled the World, in the same lecture hall. Use coupon code THOUGHT2 and enjoy both lectures for just $89.

 

 











When: Sun., May. 3, 2015 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Hunter College
47-49 E. 65th St.
212-396-7919
Price: $99
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music talks nycMusic permeates our lives. Thanks to technology, it is always with us…via the radio, our smart phones, TV commercials, film music, even the streamed music at our local malls and favorite restaurants. Technology has made it easy for us to put music in the background. The goal of this lecture is to bring it front and center again.

As Professor Anna Celenza (the Thomas E. Caestecker Professor of Music at Georgetown University) demonstrates, music does not simply reflect culture…it changes it. To demonstrate just how such changes come about, she highlights six musical masterpieces that changed America. These include: an 18th-century drinking tune that defined American patriotism, an early 20th-century concert work that redefined Americans’ concept of “music,” an orchestral suite and ballad from the 1930s that fueled the need for nature conservation and the Civil Rights movement, a musical from the late 1950s that inadvertently strengthened negative Hispanic stereotypes and a 1980s pop album that changed American foreign policy.

Hunter College
Lecture Hall 714 West
912 Lexington Ave., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10065

Regular tickets $99, but use coupon code THOUGHT and save $50.

Thought Gallery readers can also enjoy a discount package that combines this talk and 1450 BC: The Year a Woman Ruled the World, in the same lecture hall. Use coupon code THOUGHT2 and enjoy both lectures for just $89.

 

 

Buy tickets/get more info now