Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 260 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780520925700
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052092570X
Inhalt:
1. Introduction -- I. Codes and competences -- II. Who is the author? -- III. Musicology and popular music -- IV. Postlude -- 2. Family Values in Music? Billie Holiday's and Bing Crosby's "I'll Be Seeing You" I.A tale of two (or three) recordings. II. Critical discourse. III. Biographical discourse. IV. Style and history. V. Performance, effect, and affect -- 3. When you're lookin' at Hank (you're looking at country). I. Lyrics, metanarratives, and the great authenticity debate. II. Sound, performance, gender, and the honky-tonk. III. "A feeling called the blues" IV. The emergence of "country-western" -- 4. James Brown's "Superbad" and the double-voiced utterance. I. The discursive space of black music. II. Signifyin(g) -- words and performance. III. Musical signifyin(g) -- 5. Writing, music, dancing, and architecture in Elvis Costello's "Pills and Soap" I. The "popular aesthetic" II. Style and aesthetics. III. Interpretation and (post)modern pop. IV. A question of influence.
Inhalt:
This title provides a study of American popular music, focusing on genre and cultural contexts. Individual chapters treat particular artists and the different genres and styles that they exemplify
Anmerkung:
Originally published: Cambridge University Press, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520225411
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520225411
Sprache:
Englisch
Mehr zum Autor:
Brackett, David 1958-
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