Interpreting popular music /

This title provides a study of American popular music, focusing on genre and cultural contexts. Individual chapters treat particular artists and the different genres and styles that they exemplify.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brackett, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2000.
Temas:
Popular music > History and criticism.
Popular music > Analysis, appreciation.
Songs, English > Analysis, appreciation.
Musique populaire > Histoire et critique.
Musique populaire > Analyse et appréciation.
Chansons anglaises > Analyse et appréciation.
MUSIC > General.
Popular music.
Musiksoziologie
Unterhaltungsmusik
Interpretation
Populaire muziek.
Popmuziek.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • I. Codes and competences
  • II. Who is the author?
  • III. Musicology and popular music
  • IV. Postlude
  • 2. Family Values in Music? Billie Holiday's and Bing Crosby's "I'll Be Seeing You" I.A tale of two (or three) recordings. II. Critical discourse. III. Biographical discourse. IV. Style and history. V. Performance, effect, and affect
  • 3. When you're lookin' at Hank (you're looking at country). I. Lyrics, metanarratives, and the great authenticity debate. II. Sound, performance, gender, and the honky-tonk. III. "A feeling called the blues" IV. The emergence of "country-western"
  • 4. James Brown's "Superbad" and the double-voiced utterance. I. The discursive space of black music. II. Signifyin(g)
  • words and performance. III. Musical signifyin(g)
  • 5. Writing, music, dancing, and architecture in Elvis Costello's "Pills and Soap" I. The "popular aesthetic" II. Style and aesthetics. III. Interpretation and (post)modern pop. IV. A question of influence.

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