Understanding rock : essays in musical analysis /
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 essa...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 reinterpr. |
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Notas: | Includes index. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : music |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1602560765 9781602560765 0195356624 9780195356625 9780195100051 0195100050 1280451661 9781280451669 9780195100044 0195100042 9786610451661 6610451664 1423740483 9781423740483 |