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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Popular Music Genres"”.
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Radiohead and the Uses of Genre – A Stylistic Evaluation
The thesis explores uses of genre in the music of the band Radiohead and presents a new theoretical approach for studying popular music genres by combining text-based and discourse-based methods of analysis. Genre is a controversial and ambiguous concept that plays an important role in the ways in …
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Popular idioms in select organ works of Naji Hakim, Jon Laukvik, and Wolf-Günter Leidel
… a great deal has been written on the topic of musical borrowing in general, there is a significant gap in the literature discussing its implications in works for the pipe organ. This document will explore the ways in which three contemporary composers borrow various stylistic elements to merge …
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Canadians Redefining R&B: The Online Marketing of Drake, Justin Bieber, and Jessie Reyez
… to accept, include, and institutionalize R&B music as part of Canadian culture, musical artists Justin Bieber, Drake, and Jessie Reyez have successfully broken-down barriers by having successful careers as racially diverse Canadian R&B artists. This qualitative study surveys the literature on …
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Splendid Disarray: The Music of Andrew McKenna Lee
<p>The music of composer Andrew McKenna Lee spans multiple genres and styles, and does so in a way that draws parallels to the New York City downtown new music scene as well as the progressive and experimental rock scenes. These connections are especially apparent when looking at his 2013 song …
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SOUNDING SALVADORAN: POPULAR MUSIC AND POSTWAR IMAGINARIES OF SALVADORAN IDENTITY IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. METROPOLITAN AREA
This dissertation explores the role of popular music genres in constructing and enacting an imaginary of national and diasporic community among the Salvadoran diasporic community in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Two music genres with rich transnational histories, rock de las buenas épocas …