Music, School of
Randall Snyder Compositions
Document Type
Presentation
Date of this Version
4-25-1991
Citation
Presented at the University of Nebraska School of Music Doctoral Colloquium, April 25, 1991
Abstract
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the 13th of 18 Beatles albums, released in the United States on June 1, 1967, has come to be regarded as one of the seminal artifacts of popular culture of the 20th century. This short paper explores aspects of this music that reached such a broad audience, in particular, some observations of the albums’ astonishing textual and musical diversity as well as less-obvious commonalities that bind the 13 songs with a logic and unity rarely found in popular music.
Comments
Copyright 1991, Randall Snyder. Used by permission