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Popular music has become not only one of the most lucrative spheres of human activity, but also one of the most influential on the identities of individuals and communities. Popular music matters, and it matters to many people, people we can only partially understand if we do not understand their music. In the light of this phenomenon the academic study of popular music has become universally... Read more
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Biography
Allan F. Moore is Professor of Popular Music at the University of Surrey, UK. He is best known for his research in the musicology of popular music and as the author and editor of a number of books including Rock: The Primary Text (Ashgate, 2001), Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music (CUP, 2003), Analyzing Popular Music (CUP, 2003) and Jethro Tull: Aqualung (Continuum, 2004). He is also on the editorial board of the journal Popular Music as well as founder member of the new journal, twentieth-century music.
