Song Means: Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781409438021)

Allan Moore presents a study of recorded popular song, from the recordings of the 1920s through to the present day. Analysis and interpretation are treated as separable but interdependent approaches to song. Analytical theory is revisited, covering conventional domains such as harmony, melody and rhythm, but does not privilege these at the expense of domains such as texture, the soundbox, vocal tone, lyrics. Moore continues by developing a range of hermeneutic strategies largely drawn from outside the field (in the most part, within psychology and philosophy) but still deeply relevant to the experience of song.

Author: Allan F. Moore
ISBN-10: 1409438023
ISBN-13: 9781409438021
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2012
Pages: 412
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2012