Performing rites : evaluating popular music /

Frith, Simon.

Performing rites : evaluating popular music / Simon Frith. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998. - viii, 352p. ; 24 cm.

Originally published: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ranging through and beyond the 20th century, Performing Rites puts the Pet Shop Boys and Puccini, rhythm and lyric, voice and technology, into a dialogue about the impact of popular aesthetics on our lives.

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Popular music--Social aspects.
Music and society.

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