Listen to Classic Rock!: Exploring a Musical Genre - Hardcover

Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1440865787 ISBN 13: 9781440865787

Publisher: Greenwood (UK), 2019

Synopsis

Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of this diverse and complex musical genre for scholars of classic rock and curious novices alike, with a focus on 50 must-hear musicians, songwriters, bands, and albums.
Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre explores in detail the genesis, evolution, and proliferation of classic rock. It begins with a background on the development of classic rock and its subgenres. Next, an A to Z listing of artists (musicians, songwriters, and bands), albums, important concerts, and songs; a chapter on classic rock's impact on popular culture; a chapter on classic rock's legacy; and a bibliography. This organization gives readers the choice of starting from the beginning to learn how classic rock and each of its subgenres emerged after rock and roll or skip ahead to a specific artist, recording, or song in the Must-Hear Music section.

This volume stands out from other resources on classic rock for its listening-centered approach. Most books on classic rock focus on trivia, history, terminology, or criticism. It also explores the sound of the music of important artists and offers musical analyses that are accessible to upper-level high school and lower-level undergraduates while at the same time maintaining the interest of classic rock aficionados and scholars.

About this title

About the Author

Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith, PhD, is visiting lecturer/associate professor in the Music Department and College of Graduate and Continuing Education at Westfield State University in Massachusetts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood (UK)
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440865787
• ISBN 13: 9781440865787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336