Progressive Rock Reconsidered

Herausgeber: Holm-Hudson, Kevin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, the glory days of progressive rock are relived in a series of insightful essays about the key bands, songwriters and songs that made prog-rock such an innovative style.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780815337157
• ISBN-10: 0815337159
• Artikelnr.: 21819467

Autorenporträt

Kevin Holm-Hudson is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Kentucky.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Kevin Holm-Hudson Part I. History and Contents
1. Progressive Rock and the Inversion of Musical Values John J. Sheinbaum
2. The American Metaphysical Circus of Joseph Byrd's United States of
America Kevin Holm-Hudson Part II. Analytical Perspectives 3. Pink Floyd's
Careful with that Axe, Eugene (ca. 1968-1969): A Study of Genre, Texture,
Medium, and Structure John S. Cotner 4. Progressive Rock as Text: The
Lyrics of Roger Waters Deena Weinstein 5. A Promise Deferred:
Multiply-Directed Time and Thematic Transformation in Emerson, Lake and
Palmer's Trilogy Kevin Holm-Hudson 6. King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in
Aspic: A Case of Convergent Evolution Gregory Karl 7. Tales of Change
within the Sound: Compositional Form, Lyrics and Philosophy in the Music of
Yes Jennifer Rycenga 8. Precarious Pleasures: Situating Close to the Edge
in Conflicting Male Desires Dirk von der Horst 9. Let Them All Make Their
Own Music: Individualism, Rush, and the Progressive Hard Rock Alloy,
1976-1977 Durrell S. Bowman Part III. Don't Dare Call Us 'Progressive':
Post-Prog and Other Legacies 10. Somebody is Digging My Bones: King
Crimson's Dinosaur as (Post)Progressive Historiography Brian Robison 11.
How Alternative Turned Progressive: The Strange Case of Math Rock Theo
Cateforis Contributing Authors Index