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“Gracyk addresses a difficult and too-long-overlooked subject—that is, defining a comprehensible rock aesthetic—with consistent intelligence, depth, and insight. His knowledge of aesthetics, musicology, and the history of rock & roll is up to the ambitious task he sets himself.”—Anthony DeCurtis, author of Rocking My Life Away

Table of Contents
Preface vii
1. That Wild, Thin Mercury Sound: Ontology 1
2. I'll Be Your Mirror: Recording and Representing 37
3. Record Consciousness 69
4. Pump Up the Volume 99
5. Jungle Rhythms and the Big Beat 125
6. Adorno, Jazz, and the Reception of Popular Music 149
7. Romanticizing Rock Music 175
8. Sign O' the Times: Ideology and Aesthetics 207
Notes 227
Selected Bibliography 261
Index 265

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 19/03/1996
      ISBN13: 9780822317432, 978-0822317432
      ISBN10: 0822317435
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      Theory of music and musicology

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      “Gracyk addresses a difficult and too-long-overlooked subject—that is, defining a comprehensible rock aesthetic—with consistent intelligence, depth, and insight. His knowledge of aesthetics, musicology, and the history of rock & roll is up to the ambitious task he sets himself.”—Anthony DeCurtis, author of Rocking My Life Away

      Table of Contents
      Preface vii
      1. That Wild, Thin Mercury Sound: Ontology 1
      2. I'll Be Your Mirror: Recording and Representing 37
      3. Record Consciousness 69
      4. Pump Up the Volume 99
      5. Jungle Rhythms and the Big Beat 125
      6. Adorno, Jazz, and the Reception of Popular Music 149
      7. Romanticizing Rock Music 175
      8. Sign O' the Times: Ideology and Aesthetics 207
      Notes 227
      Selected Bibliography 261
      Index 265

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