Expression in pop-rock music
Subtitle: a collection of critical and analytical essays
By: edited by Walter Everett.
Contributors: Everett, Walter, 1954-
Series: Studies in contemporary music and culture -- v. 2; Garland reference library of the humanities -- v. 2102
Publisher: Garland
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780815331605
Subjects: Rock music -- History and criticism; Rock music -- Analysis, appreciation; Musical criticism; Musical analysis
Description: "This collection of essays - written by ten of the leading musicologists and music theorists specializing in popular music - presents a wide range of scholarly approaches to understanding artistic expression in rock music. Some authors take a primarily analytical approach to the craft of composition, whereas others are more interested in general stylistic concerns, and others still are most interested in the listener's role in the process. Covering such artists as Frank Zappa, U2, Genesis, The Cure, Tori Amos, and Sarah McLachlan, these writings provide insights into the music that will be illuminating for scholars, students, and popular music fans alike."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics and musical expression; title: Style studies in progressive rock and jazz-rock fusion; title: Frank Zappa's recompositions; title: Rock music and linear analysis.