{"product_id":"hearing-luxe-pop-glorification-glamour-and-the-middlebrow-in-american-popular-music-9780520300101","title":"Hearing Luxe Pop: Glorification, Glamour, and the Middlebrow in American Popular Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eHearing Luxe Pop explores the deluxe-production aesthetic in American popular music, focusing on shifts in timbre and sound through innovative orchestration and arranging, from symphonic jazz to disco, and Jay-Z's hip-hop-orchestra events to indie rock bands. It examines pops' relations to aspirational consumer culture, theatricality, sophistication, cosmopolitanism, and glamorous lifestyles. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 394 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 08 June 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHearing Luxe Pop delves into a captivating deluxe-production aesthetic that has long flourished in American popular music, seamlessly blending popular-music idioms with lavish string orchestrations and expansive big-band instrumentation. Author John Howland presents an alternative music history that revolves around innovative orchestration and arranging techniques, traversing a diverse range of genres. From symphonic jazz to the Great American Songbook, the teenage symphonies of Motown to the \"countrypolitan\" sound of Nashville, the sunshine pop of the Beach Boys to the fusion of soul and funk in 1970s disco, and even Jay-Z's hip-hop-orchestra events to indie rock bands collaborating with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, this book invites listeners to immerse themselves in the discourses surrounding music and its associated imagery. Through its examination of pop's relationships with aspirational consumer culture, theatricality, sophistication, cosmopolitanism, and glamorous lifestyles, Hearing Luxe Pop offers a fresh perspective on the rich tapestry of popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 680g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 229 x 152 x 30 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780520300101\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Howland","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44094763598074,"sku":"9780520300101","price":64.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646145932644_book.jpg?v=1646910035","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/hearing-luxe-pop-glorification-glamour-and-the-middlebrow-in-american-popular-music-9780520300101","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}