The Rock Canon: Canonical Values in the Reception of Rock Albums

by Carys Wyn Jones

Overview

The canon is usually considered to be an inherently elitist concept. However, Carys Wyn Jones here explores the symptomatic reflections of canonical values, terms and mechanisms from the canons of literature and classical music in the reception of rock music. She concludes that in the popular reception of rock music we are not only trying to organize the past, but also mediate the present, and any canon of rock music must now negotiate a far more pluralized culture, and possibly accept a greater degree of change than has been evident in the canons of literature and classical music in the last two centuries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138247895
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/03/2016
Series:	Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Defining the canon; Aesthetic criteria and the work of art in the reception of rock albums; Canonical narratives, structure and the test of time in the reception of rock albums; The canonical values of rock; Canonical discourse and the question of authority in rock; The rock canon and the future of canons in our culture; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'... the role of canons within popular music is certainly worth exploring further and this book surely provides some incentives'. International Association for the Study of Popular Music 'Carys Wyn Jones succeeds in bringing debates over a rock canon and its making into popular music studies. Insofar as canon formation remains an understudied and undertheorised issue within the field, this is a welcome addition.' Popular Music 'The Rock Canon should prove useful both for courses limited to popular music, and for courses in musicology that aim to take a broad or long view; it is also a subject of intrinsic and general interest.' Music and Letters

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