Song means : analysing and interpreting recorded popular song / Allan F. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Allan F., author.

Series:

Ashgate popular and folk music series.

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Analysis, appreciation.

Popular music.

Popular music--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The musicological study of popular music has developed, particularly over the past twenty years, into an established aspect of the discipline. The academic community is now well placed to discuss exactly what is going on in any example of popular music and the theoretical foundation for such analytical work has also been laid, although there is as yet no general agreement over all the details of popular music theory. However, this focus on the what of musical detail has left largely untouched the larger question - so what? What are the consequences of such theorization and analysis? Scholars f

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Music Examples; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Methodology; 2 Shape; 3 Form; 4 Delivery; 5 Style; 6 Friction; 7 Persona; 8 Reference; 9 Belonging; 10 Syntheses; 11 Questions; Bibliography; Index of Recordings Cited; Index of Names and Topics

Notes:

"An Ashgate book"--Cover.

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Moore, Allan F. Song Means: Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song

ISBN:

9786613479877

9781317052654

131705265X

9781315609898

1315609894

9781317052661

1317052668

9781409428657

1409428656

9781283479875

1283479877

OCLC:

775487472