The analysis of popular music forces us to rethink the assumptions that underpin our
approaches to the study of Western music. Not least, it brings to the fore an idea that many …

In all of the books about rock music, relatively few focus on the purely musical dimensions of
the style: dimensions of harmony and melody, tonality and scale, rhythm and meter, phrase …

While study of the social and cultural aspects of popular music has been flourishing for some
time, it is only in the last few years that serious efforts have been made to analyse the music …

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STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND CULTURE JOSEPH AUNER, Series Editor …

En la VIII Conferencia Anual de la Asociación Argentina de Musicología (AAM) sobre
procedimientos analíticos (Mendoza, 1994), Gerard Béhague planteaba que una de las …

The career of the prolific pop artist Prince has become inextricably intertwined with the
history of popular music since the late 1970s. This multi-instrumental icon, who remains one …

This dissertation is a collection of analytical essays on songs made by Stevie Wonder
between 1972 and 1974. The essays focus on two interwoven aspects of soul and funk …

In recent times there has been an encouraging increase in the musicological study of
Western popular music by members of the academy. Both Richard Middleton and Alan …

The album Diamonds and Pearls had recently been released when I started working on this
study of Prince's music. It had not, therefore, obtained the many layers of personal history …

The purpose of this study is to examine the formal designs and stylistic characteristics that
U2 employs. It is my contention that, in addition to business savvy and commercial …