Rocking the Classics - English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture

Zusatztext a wonderful account of the Yes-Genesis-ELP crowd, and much, much more Informationen zum Autor Edward Macan, Assistant Professor of Music at College of the Redwoods, Eureka, California, is a composer, mallet percussionist, and pianist. Klappentext The first comprehensive study of progressive rock history, Macan draws together cultural theory, musicology, and music criticism, illuminating how progressive rock served as a vital expression of the counterculture of the late 1960s and 1970s. 18 halftones. Zusammenfassung This study looks at the music and history of progressive rock, a genre criticized for its privileged, upper-middle class roots. By using an interdisciplinary approach it shows how progressive rock served as a vital cultural expression of the counterculture of the late 1960s and 1970s in England.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Macan, Edward L. Macan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1996
• EAN: 9780195098884
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509888-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; England, Rock, Kulturwissenschaften, Pop Musik