Experiencing Progressive Rock by Robert G. H. Burns

Authors

  • Sam Vallen Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.39023

Keywords:

progressive rock, genre, musical analysis

Abstract

Robert G. H. Burns, Experiencing Progressive Rock. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 261 pp. ISBN 978-1-44226-602-5 (hbk).

Author Biography

  • Sam Vallen, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University

    Sam Vallen is Lecturer in Popular Music, instrumental teacher, Griffith University, Australia.

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Holm-Hudson, Kevin, ed. 2002. Progressive Rock Reconsidered. New York: Routledge.

Macan, Edward. 1997. Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195098884.001.0001

Martin, Bill. 1998. Listening to the Future: The Time of Progressive Rock, 1968–1978. Illinois: Open Court.

Melançon, Jérôme, and Alexander Carpenter. 2015. ‘Is Progressive Rock Progressive? YES and Pink Floyd as Counterpoint to Adorno’. Rock Music Studies 2/2: 125–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2015.1008344

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2019-12-16

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How to Cite

Vallen, S. (2019). Experiencing Progressive Rock by Robert G. H. Burns. Popular Music History, 11(3), 252-255. https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.39023