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Rock and roll : its history and stylistic development / Joe Stuessy, Scott Lipscomb.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009.Edition: 6th edDescription: xiii, 412 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0136010687
  • 9780136010685
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Rock and roll.DDC classification:
  • 781.6609 STU
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- 1: Introduction -- Why study rock? -- Why this book? -- Before we begin: a liberal view of rock history -- 2: Roots Of Rock -- Overview: the early 1950s -- Pop music --Musical close-up: Elements of music -- Country and western -- Musical close-up: Instrumentation in rock and roll -- Rhythm and blues -- Musical Close-Up: 12-bar blues -- 3: Emergence Of Rock And Roll -- Overview: Crossovers and covers -- Bill Haley and the Comets -- Elvis Presley -- Three basic trends emerge -- Musical close-up: Rhythm in early rock and roll -- 4: Rock And Roll: 1950s Style -- Overview: Five style setters of the 1950s -- Little Richard -- Fats Domino -- Chuck Berry -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- Buddy Holly -- Others in the 1950s -- Industry -- Musical close-up: Is soft rock really rock? -- 5: Transition: Early 1960s -- Overview: Fragmentation of the market -- Beginnings of the folk music trend -- Surfing music -- Dance craze -- Musical close up: Musical texture and the Beach Boys -- 6: Beatles -- Overview: Revolution within a revolution -- Early Beatles -- Middle period: Experimentation -- Later Beatles: revolution -- Musical close-up: Technical side of the Beatles\' music -- 7: British Invasion -- Overview: British are coming! -- Rolling Stones -- All the others -- Musical close-up: Musical style of the Rolling Stones -- 8: Folk Music And Folk Rock -- Overview: Youth Generation of the 1960s -- Bob Dylan -- Byrds -- Mamas and the Papas -- Simon and Garfunkel -- Other folk rockers -- Musical close-up: Song Style of Bob Dylan -- 9: Soul And Motown -- Overview: Soul Music: its definition and history --Atlantic And Stax -- Aretha Franklin -- James Brown -- Motown -- Diana Ross and the Supremes -- Musical close-up: Melody and the soul singer.
10: San Francisco -- Overview: American Counters the British Invasion -- Jefferson Airplane -- Grateful Dead -- Janis Joplin -- Other San Francisco groups -- Acid rock outside San Francisco -- Musical close-up: Art of improvisation -- 11: Jazz Rock -- Overview: Tale of sibling rivalry and its resolution -- Blood, Sweat, and Tears -- Chicago -- Other jazz rock groups -- Musical close-up: Analysis of Symphony for the devil/sympathy for the devil (Blood, Sweat, and Tears) -- 12: Art Rock -- Overview: Rock as a legitimate musical vocabulary -- Rock with orchestra -- Rock operas and theatrical works -- Nontheatrical art rock by unaccompanied rock groups -- Musical close-up: Analysis of Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer --13: Mainstream Rock -- Overview: Decade of nondirection -- Mainstream trends of the 1970s -- Mainstream rock in the 1980s --Mainstream rock beyond the 1980s -- Musical close-up: Look at rock lyrics -- 14: Continuing Fragmenation Of Rock -- Overview: Substyles of the 1960s evolve into the 1970s and beyond -- Art rock evolves into progressive rock -- Jazz rock evolves into fusion -- Singer-songwriters of the 1970s -- Folk influences in the 1980s and 1990s -- Country Rock and progressive country -- Jam band phenomenon -- Soft rock of the 1970s -- Soft rock continues to evolve -- Musical close-up: Country or rock? -- 15: Heavy Metal -- Overview: We\'re not gonna take it anymore -- British heavy metal evolves -- American heavy metal --1980s: heavy metal continues -- Musical close-up: Meter in heavy metal and alternative rock --16: Dance Music -- Overview: Selling of rock-changes in the 1980s and 1990s -- Return of dance music -- Disco -- Motown keeps dancing -- Other music for dancing -- Dancing through the 1990s and beyond -- Latin invasion -- Musical close-up: Anatomy of disco --17: Rap And Hip-Hop -- Overview: Technology, the internet, and the music industry -- Rap\'s beginnings -- Rap comes of age -- Other rappers -- New Jack swing -- Musical close-up: Expressive musical performance-rhythmic delivery of rap -- 18: Alternative Style -- Overview: Boomers and postboomers -- Alternative rock: The problem of definitions --Beginnings of alternative rock: the 1970s -- Punk movements: back to basics -- Alternative styles -- Grunge -- Indie rock -- Punk III: Neo-punk propels rock into the new millennium -- Prog rock -- Musical close-up: Alternative views of alternative rock --19: Overview And Editorial -- Overview: Eight basic statements -- Editorial -- Where to now? --Discography -- Basic recorded library of rock and roll -- Selected discography -- Anthologies -- Music DVDs and rockumentaries -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary: From the Publisher: This interesting book presents a history of rock and roll from its roots through its current trends. It gives a comprehensive analytical insight into the various musical styles of rock, providing thorough historical detail and discussing the social context of each style as it developed, from the early 1950s through the 60s, 70s, 80s, and today. Giving comprehensive historical detail and social context, this book places special emphasis on rock as a musical style, dealing with each parameter of music (rhythm, harmony, melody, form, and texture) as it applies to rock music. It covers such topics as the roots of rock, rock and roll as an emerging force, the Fifties, the Sixties, the Beatles, the British Invasion, folk music and folk rock, soul and Motown, San Francisco, jazz and art rock, the Seventies, the Eighties, and recent trends and developments. For anyone interested in a comprehensive book about the history of rock and roll, including those in the music industry, such as disc jockeys, rock music writers, and promoters.
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This interesting book presents a history of rock and roll from its roots through its current trends. It gives a comprehensive analytical insight into the various musical styles of rock, providing thorough historical detail and discussing the social context of each style as it developed, from the early 1950s through the 60s, 70s, 80s, and today. Giving comprehensive historical detail and social context, this book places special emphasis on rock as a musical style, dealing with each parameter of music (rhythm, harmony, melody, form, and texture) as it applies to rock music. It covers such topics as the roots of rock, rock and roll as an emerging force, the Fifties, the Sixties, the Beatles, the British Invasion, folk music and folk rock, soul and Motown, San Francisco, jazz and art rock, the Seventies, the Eighties, and recent trends and developments. For anyone interested in a comprehensive book about the history of rock and roll, including those in the music industry, such as disc jockeys, rock music writers, and promoters.

Includes discography (p. [373]-380), bibliographical references (p. [381]-386), and index.

Acknowledgments -- 1: Introduction -- Why study rock? -- Why this book? -- Before we begin: a liberal view of rock history -- 2: Roots Of Rock -- Overview: the early 1950s -- Pop music --Musical close-up: Elements of music -- Country and western -- Musical close-up: Instrumentation in rock and roll -- Rhythm and blues -- Musical Close-Up: 12-bar blues -- 3: Emergence Of Rock And Roll -- Overview: Crossovers and covers -- Bill Haley and the Comets -- Elvis Presley -- Three basic trends emerge -- Musical close-up: Rhythm in early rock and roll -- 4: Rock And Roll: 1950s Style -- Overview: Five style setters of the 1950s -- Little Richard -- Fats Domino -- Chuck Berry -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- Buddy Holly -- Others in the 1950s -- Industry -- Musical close-up: Is soft rock really rock? -- 5: Transition: Early 1960s -- Overview: Fragmentation of the market -- Beginnings of the folk music trend -- Surfing music -- Dance craze -- Musical close up: Musical texture and the Beach Boys -- 6: Beatles -- Overview: Revolution within a revolution -- Early Beatles -- Middle period: Experimentation -- Later Beatles: revolution -- Musical close-up: Technical side of the Beatles\' music -- 7: British Invasion -- Overview: British are coming! -- Rolling Stones -- All the others -- Musical close-up: Musical style of the Rolling Stones -- 8: Folk Music And Folk Rock -- Overview: Youth Generation of the 1960s -- Bob Dylan -- Byrds -- Mamas and the Papas -- Simon and Garfunkel -- Other folk rockers -- Musical close-up: Song Style of Bob Dylan -- 9: Soul And Motown -- Overview: Soul Music: its definition and history --Atlantic And Stax -- Aretha Franklin -- James Brown -- Motown -- Diana Ross and the Supremes -- Musical close-up: Melody and the soul singer.

10: San Francisco -- Overview: American Counters the British Invasion -- Jefferson Airplane -- Grateful Dead -- Janis Joplin -- Other San Francisco groups -- Acid rock outside San Francisco -- Musical close-up: Art of improvisation -- 11: Jazz Rock -- Overview: Tale of sibling rivalry and its resolution -- Blood, Sweat, and Tears -- Chicago -- Other jazz rock groups -- Musical close-up: Analysis of Symphony for the devil/sympathy for the devil (Blood, Sweat, and Tears) -- 12: Art Rock -- Overview: Rock as a legitimate musical vocabulary -- Rock with orchestra -- Rock operas and theatrical works -- Nontheatrical art rock by unaccompanied rock groups -- Musical close-up: Analysis of Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer --13: Mainstream Rock -- Overview: Decade of nondirection -- Mainstream trends of the 1970s -- Mainstream rock in the 1980s --Mainstream rock beyond the 1980s -- Musical close-up: Look at rock lyrics -- 14: Continuing Fragmenation Of Rock -- Overview: Substyles of the 1960s evolve into the 1970s and beyond -- Art rock evolves into progressive rock -- Jazz rock evolves into fusion -- Singer-songwriters of the 1970s -- Folk influences in the 1980s and 1990s -- Country Rock and progressive country -- Jam band phenomenon -- Soft rock of the 1970s -- Soft rock continues to evolve -- Musical close-up: Country or rock? -- 15: Heavy Metal -- Overview: We\'re not gonna take it anymore -- British heavy metal evolves -- American heavy metal --1980s: heavy metal continues -- Musical close-up: Meter in heavy metal and alternative rock --16: Dance Music -- Overview: Selling of rock-changes in the 1980s and 1990s -- Return of dance music -- Disco -- Motown keeps dancing -- Other music for dancing -- Dancing through the 1990s and beyond -- Latin invasion -- Musical close-up: Anatomy of disco --17: Rap And Hip-Hop -- Overview: Technology, the internet, and the music industry -- Rap\'s beginnings -- Rap comes of age -- Other rappers -- New Jack swing -- Musical close-up: Expressive musical performance-rhythmic delivery of rap -- 18: Alternative Style -- Overview: Boomers and postboomers -- Alternative rock: The problem of definitions --Beginnings of alternative rock: the 1970s -- Punk movements: back to basics -- Alternative styles -- Grunge -- Indie rock -- Punk III: Neo-punk propels rock into the new millennium -- Prog rock -- Musical close-up: Alternative views of alternative rock --19: Overview And Editorial -- Overview: Eight basic statements -- Editorial -- Where to now? --Discography -- Basic recorded library of rock and roll -- Selected discography -- Anthologies -- Music DVDs and rockumentaries -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.

From the Publisher: This interesting book presents a history of rock and roll from its roots through its current trends. It gives a comprehensive analytical insight into the various musical styles of rock, providing thorough historical detail and discussing the social context of each style as it developed, from the early 1950s through the 60s, 70s, 80s, and today. Giving comprehensive historical detail and social context, this book places special emphasis on rock as a musical style, dealing with each parameter of music (rhythm, harmony, melody, form, and texture) as it applies to rock music. It covers such topics as the roots of rock, rock and roll as an emerging force, the Fifties, the Sixties, the Beatles, the British Invasion, folk music and folk rock, soul and Motown, San Francisco, jazz and art rock, the Seventies, the Eighties, and recent trends and developments. For anyone interested in a comprehensive book about the history of rock and roll, including those in the music industry, such as disc jockeys, rock music writers, and promoters.

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