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Taking Popular Music Seriously: Selected Essays

Simon Frith

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Abstract

The selected essays include: 'Youth and Music', 'Afterthoughts', 'Playing with Real Feeling - Making Sense of Jazz in Britain', 'The Discourse of World Music', 'Pop Music', 'Why Do Songs Have Words', 'Adam Smith and Music' and 'Music and Identity'.

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The selected essays include: 'Youth and Music', 'Afterthoughts', 'Playing with Real Feeling - Making Sense of Jazz in Britain', 'The Discourse of World Music', 'Pop Music', 'Why Do Songs Have Words', 'Adam Smith and Music' and 'Music and Identity'.

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The selected essays include: 'Youth and Music', 'Afterthoughts', 'Playing with Real Feeling - Making Sense of Jazz in Britain', 'The Discourse of World Music', 'Pop Music', 'Why Do Songs Have Words', 'Adam Smith and Music' and 'Music and Identity'.

Key concepts: Popular music, Philosophy of music, Music, Music history, Call and response, Rock music, Incidental music, Art

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