BA in Music - Music History in Madison United States | Drew University

Exploring music history reveals the incredible diversity of musical styles and traditions developed worldwide throughout different eras and regions. Every society, whether ancient or modern, has cultivated musical practices that mirror its cultural values and societal frameworks.

Drew's music history and culture courses examine these traditions within their historical and cultural settings, fostering critical analysis, attentive reading, research proficiency, and writing abilities—core components of a liberal arts curriculum. The interdisciplinary nature of music history is evident in how these courses often overlap with other fields at Drew, including Communication and Media Studies, Theatre & Dance, and Pan-African Studies.

For music majors and minors, these courses provide essential knowledge about musical traditions' backgrounds and the tools to analyze, document, and interpret them.