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HUMN303 Introduction to the Humanities

Week 7 Assignment

REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT EXPERIENCING MUSIC

This week, your assignment is to explore the legacy of the black artist during the Harlem Renaissance in Harlem, New York. Please review the section in Chapter 14: The Modernist World on the Harlem Renaissance and then view these two videos on this movement in art, paying close attention to the sections on music. Then, you will need to choose one of the following artists to write about

History Brief: The Harlem Renaissance (Links to an external site.)

 and Harlem Renaissance Music Playlist (Links to an external site.).

Louis Armstrong

Duke Ellington

Benny Goodman

Harry James

Glenn Miller

Tommy Dorsey

Count Basie

Artie Shaw

Ella Fitzgerald

Bessie Smith

Billie Holiday

Fats Waller

Jelly Roll Morton

Willie Smith

Once you've chosen a musician, please explore his or her music in depth. In two pages, discuss your artist's role in the Harlem Renaissance and the humanities. Please refer to the Files section for an assignment sheet with questions to get you started as well as the grading rubric for the assignment.