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Term applied since the late 1950s to the central, most widely circulated and commercially successful kinds of popular music.
Pop music
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
Synonym: pop
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This article is about a specific music genre. For popular music in general, see Popular music. For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation).
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Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and a conventional structure. The term "pop music" is first recorded as being used in 1926 to mean "having popular appeal" (see popular music), but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternative to rock and roll.[1][2]
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Style
The standard format of pop music is the song, customarily less than five minutes in duration, with instrumentation that can range from an orchestra to a lone singer. Pop songs are generally marked by a consistent and noticeable rhythmic element, a mainstream style and traditional structure. Common variants include the verse-chorus form and the thirty-two-bar form, with a focus on melodies and catchy hooks, and a chorus that contrasts melodically, rhythmically and harmonically with the verse. Typically the beat of the music and the melodies tend to be very simple and "catchy" with limited harmonic accompaniment. The lyrics of pop songs frequently focus on love and romantic relationships although there are notable exceptions.
See also
References
- ^ "Online Etymology Dictionary: pop" (html). http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pop. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
- ^ "Allmusic genres: pop" (html). http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:283. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
Bibliography
- Adorno, Theodor W (1942) "On Popular Music". Institute of Social Research.
- Bell, John L. The Singing Thing: A Case for Congregational Song. GIA Publications, 2000. ISBN 1579991009
- Billboard Genre Index
- Frith, Simon; Will Straw; John Street (eds). The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock. Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 0521556600
- Johnson, Julian. Who Needs Classical Music?: Cultural Choice and Musical Value. Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0195146816
- Pleasants, Henry (1969) "Serious Music and All That Jazz". Simon & Schuster.
- Roxon, Lillian (1969) "Rock Encyclopedia". Grosset & Dunlap.
- Gillet, Charlie (1970) "The Sound of the City. The Rise of Rock and Roll." Outerbridge & Dienstfrey.
- Middleton, Richard (1990) "Studying Popular Music". Open University Press.
- Bindas, Kenneth J (1992) "America's Musical Pulse: Popular Music in Twentieth-Century Society". Praeger.
- Clarke, Donald (1995) "The Rise and Fall of Popular Music". St Martin's Press. http://www.musicweb.uk.net/RiseandFall/index.htm]
- Lonergan, David F. Hit Records, 1950-1975. Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8108-5129-6
- Negus, Keith. Music Genres and Corporate Cultures Routledge, 1999. ISBN 041517399X
- Maultsby, Portia K (1996) "Intra- and International Identities in American Popular Music." Trading Culture.
- Official UK Charts Company information pack
- Dolfsma, Wilfred (1999) "Valuing Pop Music: Institutions, Values and Economics". Eburon.
- Shuker, Roy. Popular Music: The Key Concepts. Routledge, (2 edition) 2002. ISBN 0415284252
- Starr, Larry & Waterman, Christopher (2002) "American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV". Oxford University Press.
- Frith, Simon (2004) "Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies". Routledge.
- Dolfsma, Wilfred. (2004) "Institutional Economics and the Formation of Preferences: The Advent of Pop Music". Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Watkins, s. Craig. Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement. Beacon Press, 2005. ISBN 0807009822
External links
- The pop genre on Allmusic
- The Consumption of Music and the Expression of Values: A Social Economic Explanation for the Advent of Pop Music, Wilfred Dolfsma, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, October 1999
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