Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis

by John Covach

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195100050
• ISBN13: 9780195100051
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"