On Rock Music

books:

What's That Sound? An Introduction to Rock and Its History

Understanding Rock

American Rock and the Classical Music Tradition

Traditions, Institutions, and American Popular Music

 

online articles:

Yes and "Close to the Edge"

Jazz-Rock and Late-1970s American Progressive Rock

Spinal Tap

The Rutles

Covach's Progression column

Interview with Yngwie

 

 

John Covach is the author of dozens of scholarly articles. 

A sample of his published work is provided below.

 

 

On The Philosophy of Music

         Musical Worlding

         A Response

         Another Response

         Covach's Response

         Schoenberg's "Other World"

On 20th-Century Music

         Schoenberg's "Aesthetic Theology"

         Schoenberg and the Occult

         Berg's Time

            Messiaen's Musical Mysticism

         Josef Matthias Hauer bio