
| [An]impressive and important contribu-tion to popular music studies.. [Brackett's]work could function not just as a model for popular music analysis but also as a very helpful introduction to popular music culture and history.Starting from a musicological perspec-five,Brackett addresses many of the problems raised by the sociological accout of popular music that has so far dominated the field...Should becom essential reading in any popular music course. |
| DAVID BRACKETT,is Assistant Prefessor of Music at SUNY Binghamton. |
| Preface 1 Introduction Prelude 1 Codes and competences 2 Who is the author? 3 Musicology and popular music 4 Poslude 2 Family values in music?Billie Holiday's and Bing Crosby's "I'll Be Seeing You" 1 A tale of two(or three)recordings 2 Critical discourse 3 Biographical discourse 4 Style and history 5 Performance,effect,and affect 3 When you're lookin'at Hank(you're looking at country) 1 Lyrics,metanarratives,and the great authenticity debate 2 Sound,performance,gender,and the honky-tonk 3 "A felling called the blues" 4 James Brown's "Superbad"and the double-voiced utterance 1 The discursive space of black music 2 Signifyin(g)-words and performance 3 Musical signifyin(g) 5 Writing,music dancing,and architecture in Elvis Costello's "Pills and Soap" 1 The "popular aesthetic" 2 Style and aesthetics 3 Interpretation and(post)modern pop 4 A question of influence 6 Afterword:the citizens of Simpleton Appendix A Reading the spectrum photos B Registral terminology Notes Bibliography Select discography Index |
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