Categorizing Sound: Genre and Twentieth-Century Popular Music
David Brackett examines how genre shapes the understanding of twentieth-century popular music. Focusing on the relationship between sound and classification, Categorizing Sound explores the ways musical categories organize listening, interpretation, and cultural meaning. It is a focused study for readers interested in music history and popular music analysis.
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Categorizing Sound examines the relationship between musical sound and genre in twentieth-century popular music.
The book considers how categories shape the way popular music is organized, described, and understood.
David Brackett focuses on the cultural meanings attached to musical classification and the role of genre in interpreting sound.
It offers a focused study for readers interested in popular music, music history, and cultural analysis.
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