Understanding Rock Essays in Musical Analysis

Covach, John & Graeme M. Boone

ISBN 10: 0195100042 / ISBN 13: 9780195100044

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1997

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Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Contents: Contributors; 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. ; Ex-Library; 240 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Rock Essays in Musical Analysis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195100042
• ISBN 13: 9780195100044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

In the last twenty years, scholars have become increasingly interested in rock music, and this is evinced by the ever burgeoning literature devoted to rock music, the musicians who make it, and the fans who enjoy it. But of the many works published in rock music, few attempt to subject the music itself to close and sophisticated analytical scrutiny. Understanding Rock brings together essays by seven of musicology and music theory's best young scholars, and each essay explores the often complex musical structure of rock. Chapters in this collection are devoted to the music of The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Yes, Paul Simon, and k.d. lang. Each essay is richly illustrated with musical examples, and in some cases, with extended transcriptions. Taken together, these essays present a formidable example of just how compelling rock scholarship can be. They demonstrate how rock music both addresses current concerns in musical analysis, while in some cases casting old issues in a new light. These essays also suggest how the analysis of rock music prompts the consideration of new issues in music and musical analysis and scholarship.

About the Author

John Covach, Assistant Professor of Music, University of North Texas. Graeme Boone, Associate Professor of Music, Harvard University.