Popular Music Genres
Author | : Stuart Borthwick |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2020-04-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781136733802 |
ISBN-13 | : 1136733809 |
Rating | : 4/5 (809 Downloads) |
Download or read book Popular Music Genres written by Stuart Borthwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics, and sociopolitical contexts. Within this interdisciplinary and genre-based focus, readers will gain insights into the relationships between popular music, cultural history, economics, politics, iconography, production techniques, technology, marketing, and musical structure.