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The Rise and Fall of Popular Music: A Narrative History from the Renaissance to Rock 'n' Roll
 
 

The Rise and Fall of Popular Music: A Narrative History from the Renaissance to Rock 'n' Roll (Paperback)

de Donald Clarke (Author)
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A history of popular music covers balladry, minstrelsy, ragtime, blues, jazz, swing, pop, r&b, folk, country, gospel, rock'n'roll, heavy metal, dance music, punk, New Wave, technopop, and rap.


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Popular music--a melding of folk and commerical music with its roots in Renaissance Europe--has reached both zenith and nadir in this century. So argues music critic and historian Donald Clarke in his broad and vibrant history. Navigating the many streams that flow into the river of pop, his chronicle matches authoritative perspective with controversial and convincing commentary.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 From Art to Product, Fév 14 2002
Par Bernie Koenig (London, Ontario Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This is a fascinating book going back to the origins of popular music forms, going through jazz and blues and getting to today's pop music.
A main theme of the book appears to be that the further the music gets away from its roots, the less musical value it has. And then today too much music has just become product to sell with little musical value.
Sometimes a bit too opinionated, but mainly an excellent analysis of the of the fall of pop music.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Good Survey, Janv. 19 2002
Par "jazzyjack" (Parksville,BC) - Voir tous mes commentaires
I particularly liked the start of this book that gave the origins of popular music from Europe.
The author dwells a bit too much on the details of Jazz but his premise is well taken and he shows how and why pop music has become grunge, rap and muzak. He recognizes the originality in performers like the early Elvis and Hank Williams even though he regrets the decline of the real learned Jazz musicians. He shows how the corporate entities and listener surveys have destroyed a promising genre if it can be called that.
Interesting that the Internet seems to be allowingl real musicians to connect with the public directly without needing the middle corporate ground.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Decline and Fall from Prez to Poop, Fév 1 2000
Par S. Dougherty (Greeley, Colorado United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This is not a bad overview of American popular music. Mr. Clarke is clearly a jazz fan who regards the days of Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, et al. as the high point from which we have declined, and sees the present state of commercial popular music as a "culture of musical impoverishment." The career of A&R man Mitch Miller, the evil genius whose venality and lack of taste was a landmark in adult pop's precipitous decline in the 1950s, is touchingly portrayed. I think Clarke's conclusions are correct; however, this is a matter of taste to some degree. Many will think differently, no doubt. Read it anyway, along with Will Friedwald's history of Jazz Singing.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 unfounded opinions
The premise of this book was largely in editorial fashion. I accept this as his perogative however his views were often weakly supported and as a result unfounded. Read more
Publié le Janv. 18 1999

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