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Unit number: MUS
208
Unit title: History
of Rock Music
Credit value: 3 credits
Description: This unit provides a musical and social history of rock music from its beginnings in the 1950s to the 21st-century, covering all its many genres and styles. There is no agreed definition of “rock”, and this history includes 50s rock-‘n’-roll, 60s psychedelia, 70s heavy metal, 80s new wave, rap and industrial, 90s garage, grunge and hip-hop, and every style in between (including revivals), plus extra material on the rock music of the new millennium.
Key textbook: Scaruffi, Piero. History of Rock Music, 2002. The full text of this book is available on-line at http://www.scaruffi.com/history/index.html Access to the on-line text is free. The web site features two versions, a short version and a long version (book). Reading the long version is required for this unit.
The book
is also available in hard copy for purchase from the same website, but the
on-line version has more material. The reference for the hard copy is:
Scaruffi, Piero. A History of Rock Music, 1951-2000. iUniverse, 2003.
[also available from Amazon and
www.iuniverse.com]
If looking for a used copy – please ensure it is the latest edition as there was a 1987 edition of this book.
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