Interpreting Popular Music

Publisher: University of California Press

Author: David Brackett

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There is a well-developed vocabulary for discussing classical music, but when it comes to popular music, how do we analyze its effects and its meaning? David Brackett draws from the disciplines of cultural studies and music theory to demonstrate how listeners form opinions about popular songs, and how they come to attribute a rich variety of meanings to them. Exploring several genres of popular music through recordings made by Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Hank Williams, James Brown, and Elvis Costello, Brackett develops a set of tools for looking at both the formal and cultural dimensions of popular music of all kinds.

ISBN:	9780520225411
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	25 Oct 2000
DEWEY:	781.64
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	260
Weight:	390g
Height:	227mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	16mm