Understanding rock : essays in musical analysis / edited by John Covach & Graeme M. Boone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Covach, John, editor.

Boone, Graeme M. (Graeme MacDonald), 1954- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Rock music--Analysis, appreciation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Amid the recent increase in scholarly attention to rock music, Understanding Rock stands out as one of the first books that subjects diverse aspects of the music itself to close and sophisticated analytical scrutiny. Written by some of the best young scholars in musicology and music theory, the essays in this volume use harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, formal, and textual approaches in order to show how and why rock music works as music. Topics of discussion include the adaptation of blues and other styles to rock; the craft of songwriting; techniques and strategies of improvisation; the reinterpr

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772952-5

0-19-988012-3

1-4237-4048-3

1-280-45166-1

0-19-535662-4

1-60256-076-5

OCLC:

191931486