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Faking it : the quest for authenticity in popular music / Hugh Barker and Yuval Taylor.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3477 .B33 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barker, Hugh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--United States--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Popular music--Social aspects.
- Music--Performance.
- United States.
- Music--Performance--United States.
- Music.
- Authenticity (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Quest for authenticity in popular music
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton, [2007]
- Summary:
- Musicians strive to "keep it real"; listeners condemn "fakes"; but does great music really need to be authentic? By investigating this obsession in the last century, this title rethinks what makes popular music work.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-348) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393060780
- 9780393060782
- OCLC:
- 76967119
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