Rocking the Classics

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.

a wonderful account of the Yes-Genesis-ELP crowd, and much, much more

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Edward Macan, Assistant Professor of Music at College of the Redwoods, Eureka, California, is a composer, mallet percussionist, and pianist.

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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.

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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.