Table of Contents

Issues in theory: The musicological background; Analytical approaches; The aesthetic question; The pop-classical split; Intensional/extensional; Listening strategy, style and function; Analytic language. Elements of an analytical musicology of rock: Notation; Instrumental roles; Rhythmic organization; The voice; Melody; Harmonic patterns and formal structures; Open-ended repetitive patterns; The open/closed principle; Composing at the instrument. Progressive styles and issues: Rock traditions; The beginnings of progressive rock; "African American" influences; Blues as pretext; Blues as (con)text; Improvisation in rock; The jazz influence; Art rock; Listening to progressive rock; An insular path; Progressive folk; Fantasy; Conclusion: the progress of progressive rock. A profusion of styles: Technology and texture; Glam rock; The punk aesthetic; The punk diaspora; Beyond progressive rock; Hard rock and heavy metal; Synthesizer rock; Timbre and its gestural qualities; Authenticity re-constituted: guitar bands; Authenticity re-constituted: roots rock; Britpop. Meanings: Communication; The mediation of self-expression; Style and identity; Meaning and style; Authenticity and intertextuality; Parody, pastiche and performance; Stylistic development.