ISBN10: 0195100050, ISBN13: 9780195100051, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, New York] Softcover Paperback. Scholars have become increasingly interested in rock music, but few of the many works published on the subject attempt to place the music itself under close and sophisticated scrutiny. This text brings together essays by several of musicology and music theory's young scholars who take a music-analytical perspective. Each essay explores the often complex musical structure of rock music, by such artists as the Beach Boys, the Grateful Dead, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Yes, Paul Simon, and k.d. lang. Richly illustrated with musical examples and transcriptions, these essays attempt to expand our understanding of the musical experience generally, and to suppress dividing lines between pop and art music and the way they are studied. Amid the recent increase in scholarly attention to rock music, Understanding Rock stands out as one of the first books that subjects diverse aspects of the music itself to close and sophisticated analytical scrutiny. Written by some of the best young scholars in musicology and music theory, the essays in this volume use harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, formal, and textual approaches in order to show how and why rock music works as music. Topics of discussion include the adaptation of blues and other styles to rock; the craft of songwriting; techniques and strategies of improvisation; the reinterpretation of older songs; and the use of ...
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[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1997]

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[Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]

ISBN10: 0195100050, ISBN13: 9780195100051, [publisher: New York : Oxford University Press] Softcover Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; (xiii, 219 pages) : music. Subjects; Rock music Analysis, appreciation. Music Genres & Styles Punk. Music Genres & Styles Heavy Metal. Music Genres & Styles Rock. Rock music History and criticism. 1 Kg.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]
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Paperback / softback. New. This text brings together essays by several of musicology and music theory's young scholars, who take a music-analytical perspective of rock music. Each essay explores the often complex musical structure of rock music and attempts to expand our understanding of the musical experience generally. ISBN 0195100050 9780195100051 [GB]

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