Rock Music Styles. A History

7th edition.

In its seventh edition, Rock Music Styles: A History offers an updated perspective on the development of rock music from its origins to its most contemporary styles. Charlton takes students through genres by focusing on featured performers, exploring important songs in Listening Guides, and drawing connections between musical developments throughout the decades. Additionally, decade overviews and chronology charts detailing historical and rock-related events side by side provide a historical and social framework through which to understand rock music styles in the 20th century and beyond.

CONTENIDO:

1. Ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, and Jazz Roots of Rock
2. The blues and Rhytm and Blues Roots of Rock
3. Gospel and Country. Roots of Rock
4. Early Rock and Roll
5. Teen-Styled Rock Music
6. Soul and Motown
7. The British Invasion: The Beatles versus the Stones
8. The British Invasion continues and America Reacts
9. Folk, Folk-Rock, and Singer/Songwriters
10. Psychedelic Rock
11. Country and Southern Rock
12. Jazz-Rock Styles
13. Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
14. Art and Glitter Rock
15. Ska and Reggae
16. Punk Rock and New Wave
17. Funk and Disco
18. Hip-hop and Rap
19. MTV and the making of Superstars
20. Other Rock Styles of the Eighties
21. Rock in the Nineties and Early Two Thousands

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