[Smt-talk] The Prog-rock Symphony?

[waters keith]

In his book _Jazz-Rock: A History_, Stuart Nicholson describes a number of 
such jazz-rock fusion concept albums (such as Chick Corea's Mad Hatter)--a 
trend Nicholson drolly describes as "cornball monumentalism." But these 
may be less symphonic in orientation than what's described below.

KW

Keith Waters
Chair, Department of Music Theory and Composition
College of Music
University of Colorado at Boulder
Keith.Waters at colorado.edu
(303) 492-8417

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Dmitri Tymoczko wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can help me come up with examples of what I think of 
> as the "Prog-rock Symphony" -- album-length, through-composed instrumental 
> pieces suggesting some sort of classical influence, however vague.
>
> For example, Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells," Zappa's "Grand Wazoo," or 
> Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene."
>
> There are lots of examples with vocals; I'm happy to hear everyone's favorite 
> instances, but I'm particularly interested in instrumental albums.
>
> Thanks,
> DT
>
> Dmitri Tymoczko
> Associate Professor of Music
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> Princeton, NJ 08544-1007
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