Please switch the reading for Thursday, April 1st with Thursday, April 8th (and vice versa). Here is the assigned reading for the next two weeks:
Tuesday, March 30th: Italian Opera
Handouts 1 and 2
Thursday, April 1st: Philip Glass and Akhanten
Listen to the Interview and Read the Transcript
Tuesday, April 6th: American Musicals
JSTOR “Oklahoma!: Ideology and Politics in the Vernacular Tradition of the American Musical” by Paul Filmer, Val Rimmer, and Dave Walsh
Thursday, April 8th: The "Nashville Sound": Chet Atkins
1. Listen to the interview on NPR with Tommy Emmanuel and the recording below of "Tiptoe Through the Bluegrass" featuring both Tommy Emmanuel and Chet Atkins.
As you read the biography of Chet Atkins on All Music and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, listen the recordings of the people mentioned. Need an extra credit blog post? Create a 200-300-word post which summarizes Chet's life with embedded YouTube videos of 1) people who influenced Chet Atkins, 2) Chet Atkins himself, 3) People who were influenced by Chet Atkins. Embed the videos as they are introduced in your biographical summary.
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