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Paula Jo Musegades

Assistant Professor of Music and American Studies
Paula Jo Musegades
musegade@brandeis.edu
781-736-3337
Slosberg Music Center, 224

Departments/Programs

American Studies
Music

Degrees

Brandeis University, Ph.D.
Brandeis University, M.A.
Minnesota State University, B.S.

Expertise

Film music, American music, popular music, 20th century music

Profile

Paula Musegades is a musicologist and specializes in American film music and popular music. She recently published Aaron Copland’s Hollywood Film Scores (University of Rochester Press, 2020). Her courses explore a wide range of American music topics, including Psalms to Hip Hop, Protest Through Song, Music in Film, and History of Rock.

Courses Taught

AMST/MUS 35a History of Rock: Rock and Roll in American Culture
AMST/MUS 38a American Music: From Psalms to Hip Hop
AMST/MUS 39b Protest Through Song: Music that Shaped America
AMST/MUS 41a Leonard Bernstein: Composer, Conductor, Educator, and Humanitarian
AMST/MUS 55a Music in Film: Hearing American Cinema
MUS 133b History of Music II: Late Baroque and Classical
MUS 190a Proseminar in Music since 1900
MUS 221a Topics in Music after 1900


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