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Beyond its elucidation and critique of traditional ‘notation-centric’ musicology, this book's primary emphasis is on the negotiation and construction of meaning within the extended musical multimedia works of the classic British group Pink Floyd. Encompassing the concept albums that the group released from 1973 to 1983, during Roger Waters’ final period with the band, chapters are devoted to Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979) and The Final Cut (1983), along with Waters’ third solo album Amused to Death (1993). This book's analysis of album covers, lyrics, music and film makes use of techniques of literary and film criticism, while employing the combined lenses of musical hermeneutics and discourse analysis, so as to illustrate how sonic and musical information contribute to listeners’ interpretations of the discerning messages of these monumental musical artifacts.



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Phil Rose

Phil Rose is an author and international speaker who has taught at a number of Canadian universities. He has published in many academic journals on a variety of topics, and his books include Roger Waters and Pink Floyd: The Concept Albums (2015) , Radiohead and the Global Movement for Change: Pragmatism Not Idealism (2016) , and Confronting Technopoly: Charting a Course Towards Human Survival (2017) .



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