Understanding rock : essays in musical analysis

Author(s)

    • Covach, John
    • Boone, Graeme M.

Bibliographic Information

Understanding rock : essays in musical analysis

edited by John Covach and Graeme M. Boone

Oxford University Press, c1997

  • cloth : alk. paper
  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Includes index

Contents of Works

  • Progressive rock, "Close to the edge," and the boundaries of style / John Covach
  • After sundown : the Beach Boys' experimental music / Daniel Harrison
  • Blues transformations in the music of Cream / Dave Headlam
  • "Joanie" get angry : k.d. lang's feminist revision / Lori Burns
  • Swallowed by a song : Paul Simon's crisis of chromaticism / Walter Everett
  • Little wing : a study in musical cognition / Matthew Brown
  • Tonal and expressive ambiguity in "Dark star" / Graeme M. Boone

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

cloth : alk. paper ISBN 9780195100044

Description

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.
Volume

pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780195100051

Description

Scholars have become increasingly interested in rock music, but few of the many works published on rock music attempt to subject the music itself to close and sophisticated scrutiny. Understanding Rock brings together essays by several of musicology and music theory's best young scholars that 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.

Table of Contents

1: John Covach: Progressive Rock, "Close to the Edge," and the Boundaries of Style 2: Daniel Harrison: After Sundown: The Beach Boys' Experimental Music 3: Dave Headlam: Blues Transformations in the Music of Cream 4: Lori Burns: "Joanie" Get Angry: k. d. lang's Feminist Revision 5: Walter Everett: Swallowed by a Song: Paul Simon's Crisis of Chromaticism 6: Matthew Brown: "Little Wing": A Study in Musical Cognition 7: Graeme M. Boone: Tonal and Expressive Ambiguity in "Dark Star"

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