'Speak to me'; the legacy of Pink Floyd's The dark side of the moon.0754640183 'Speak to me'; the legacy of Pink Floyd's The dark side of the moon. Ed. by Russell Reising. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2005 251 pages $99.95 Hardcover Ashgate popular and folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. series ML421 Reising, (English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. and literature, U. of Toledo) brings together 15 essays on Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon, its music, theory, and influence. Topics encompass its history, the aesthetics of the stadium show, the narrative structure, its tonality tonality (tōnăl`ĭtē), in music, quality by which all tones of a composition are heard in relation to a central tone called the keynote or tonic. , philosophy, underlying ideas about psychiatry, and influence on bands like Radiohead and Phish. Included is an annotated bibliography An annotated bibliography is a bibliography that gives a summary of the research that has been done. It is still an alphabetical list of research sources. In addition to bibliographic data, an annotated bibliography provides a brief summary or annotation. of reviews and commentary about the album. Contributors are scholars in a variety of fields such as music, sociology, English, and pop culture, and are from the UK, the US, Europe, and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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