Origins of the Popular Style
Author | : Peter Van der Merwe |
Publisher | : Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1989 |
ISBN-10 | : IND:39000005011494 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Origins of the Popular Style by : Peter Van der Merwe
Download or read book Origins of the Popular Style written by Peter Van der Merwe and published by Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing popular music from a musical, rather than a sociological or political viewpoint, this book examines the nineteenth-century split between classical and popular music and surveys all styles of Western popular music to uncover the musical language uniting them.