Paula Jo Musegades
Assistant Professor of Music and American Studies

Degrees
Brandeis University, Ph.D.Brandeis University, M.A.
Minnesota State University, B.S.
Expertise
Film music, American music, popular music, 20th century musicProfile
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 |