Rocking the classics : English progressive rock and the counterculture /

Few styles of popular music have generated as much controversy as progressive rock, a musical genre best remembered today for its gargantuan stage shows, its fascination with epic subject matter drawn from science fiction, mythology, and fantasy literature, and above all for its attempts to combine...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Macan, Edward
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Few styles of popular music have generated as much controversy as progressive rock, a musical genre best remembered today for its gargantuan stage shows, its fascination with epic subject matter drawn from science fiction, mythology, and fantasy literature, and above all for its attempts to combine classical music's sense of space and monumental scope with rock's raw power and energy. Its dazzling virtuosity and spectacular live concerts made it hugely popular with fans during the 1970's, who saw bands such as King Crimson, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull...
Umfang:
1 online resource (321 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliografie:
Discography: p. [223]-244.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-988009-3
9786611346737
1-4237-3483-1
0-19-535681-0
1-281-34673-X
1-60256-066-8
Schlagworte:
Progressive rock music > England > History and criticism.
Rock music > England.
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