Performing Rites On the Value of Popular Music

Name: Performing Rites On the Value of Popular Music
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ISBN: 9780674661967

ISBN-10: 0674661966

ISBN-13: 9780674661967

Edition: 1996

Authors: Simon Frith

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Ranging through and beyond the 20th century, Performing Rites puts the Pet Shop Boys and Puccini, rhythm and lyric, voice and technology, into a dialogue about the impact of popular aesthetics on our lives.

Book details

List price: $25.50
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2/6/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Music Talk


The Value Problem in Cultural Studies


The Sociological Response Common Sense and the Language of Criticism Genre Rules


On Music Itself Where Do Sounds Come From?


Rhythm: Race, Sex, and the Body


Rhythm: Time, Sex, and the Mind Songs as Texts


The Voice Performance Technology and Authority Why Music Matters


The Meaning of Music Toward a Popular Aesthetic


Notes


Index