Encarnacao
Musical Structure as Narrative in Rock
structural norms might be seen as representative of an approach to the history of a culture, a reluctance on the part of an artist to be aligned too closely to one movement or another
Acknowledgments
This essay was completed as part of the Professional Development Program at the University of Western Sydney.
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