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Since 1973, Queen have captivated listeners through the intense
sonic palette of voices and guitars, the sprawling and epic
journeys of songs, and charismatic splendour of their live
performances. Rock and Rhapsodies is the first book to undertake a
musicological study of the band's output, with a fundamental aim of
discovering what, exactly, gave Queen's songs their magical and
distinct musical identity. Focusing on the material written,
recorded, and released between 1973 and 1991, author Nick Braae
provides readers with an in-depth and nuanced analytical account of
the group's individual musical style (or "idiolect"), and
illuminates the multifaceted stylistic and historical contexts in
which Queen's music was created. Aspects of Queen's songs are also
used as a springboard for exploring a range of further analytical
and discursive issues: the nature of a musical style; the
conceptual relationship between an artist, style, and genre; form
in popular songs; and the character and identity of a singing
voice. Following an introduction and "primer" on Queen's idiolect,
Rock and Rhapsodies presents ten further chapters, each of which
offers a snapshot of a particular musical element (form, the
voice), a particular subset of repertoire (Freddie Mercury's
large-scale 1970s songs), or a particular era (post-1991), thus
painting a rich overall picture of both the band's history and
their ongoing presence in popular culture. Along the way, there is
an underlying focus on interrogating and substantiating the themes
and ideas that emerge from the writing, documentaries and other
media on Queen, using a variety of analytical tools and close
readings of songs, to demonstrate how aspects of critical reception
align (or not) with musical details. Rock and Rhapsodies will
reward any reader who has been enchanted by the myriad and complex
musical components that make up any Queen song.
On Popular Music and Its Unruly Entanglements comprises eleven
essays that explore the myriad ways in which popular music is
entwined within social, cultural, musical, historical, and media
networks. The authors discuss genres as diverse as mainstream pop,
hip hop, classic rock, instrumental synthwave, video game music,
amateur ukelele groups, and audiovisual remixes, while also
considering the music's relationship to technological developments,
various media and material(itie)s, and personal and social
identity. The collection presents a range of different
methodologies and theoretical positions, which results in an
eclecticism that aptly demonstrates the breadth of contemporary
popular music research. The chapters are divided into three major
sections that address: wider theoretical and analytical issues
("Broad Strokes"), familiar repertoire or concepts from a new
perspective ("Second Takes"), and the meanings to arise from
music's connections with other media forms ("Audiovisual
Entanglements").
On Popular Music and Its Unruly Entanglements comprises eleven
essays that explore the myriad ways in which popular music is
entwined within social, cultural, musical, historical, and media
networks. The authors discuss genres as diverse as mainstream pop,
hip hop, classic rock, instrumental synthwave, video game music,
amateur ukelele groups, and audiovisual remixes, while also
considering the music's relationship to technological developments,
various media and material(itie)s, and personal and social
identity. The collection presents a range of different
methodologies and theoretical positions, which results in an
eclecticism that aptly demonstrates the breadth of contemporary
popular music research. The chapters are divided into three major
sections that address: wider theoretical and analytical issues
("Broad Strokes"), familiar repertoire or concepts from a new
perspective ("Second Takes"), and the meanings to arise from
music's connections with other media forms ("Audiovisual
Entanglements").
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