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Author Moore, Allan F

Title Rock : Developing a Musicology of Rock
Edition 3rd ed
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (349 pages)
Series Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Ser
Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of music examples; List of tables; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; A note on attributions; Introduction; 1 Issues in theory; The musicological background; Analytical approaches; The aesthetic question; The pop-classical split; Intensional/extensional; Listening strategy, style and function; Analytic language; 2 Elements of an analytic musicology of rock; Notation; Instrumental roles; Rhythmic organisation; The voice; Melody; Harmonic patterns and formal structures; Open-ended repetitive patterns
The open/closed principleComposing at the instrument; Alternative perspectives; Developments in harmonic theory; Developments in rhythmic theory; 3 Early rock; Rock traditions; 'African American' influences; Blues as pretext; Blues as (con)text; Building on the blues; Early folk rock; Country rock; 4 Progressive styles and issues; The beginnings of progressive rock; Improvisation in rock; The jazz influence; Art rock; Listening to progressive rock; An insular path; Progressive folk; Fantasy; The progress of progressive rock; 5 A profusion of styles; Technology and texture; Glam rock
The punk aestheticThe punk diaspora; Neo-prog; Hard rock and heavy metal; Synthesiser rock; Timbre and its gestural qualities; Authenticity re-constituted: guitar bands; Authenticity re-constituted: roots rock; 6 Recent rock; Britpop; Developments in indie rock; Developments in folk rock; Developments in metal; Developments in prog; 7 Meanings; Communication; The mediation of self-expression; Style and identity; Meaning and style; Manipulating style; An intertextual perspective; Authenticity; Stylistic development; Conclusion; Bibliography; Discography; Index
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Form Electronic book
Author Martin, Remy
ISBN 9780429954115
0429954115