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Simon Frith

Simon Webster Frith OBE (born 1946) is a British sociomusicologist and rock critic who specializes in popular music culture. He is professor emeritus of Music at the University of Edinburgh. Frith has written a number of sociological analyses of popular music, including The Sociology of Rock (1978) and Performing Rites: On the value of popular music…

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Alma mater
University of California, Berkeley
Education
University of Oxford
Born
1946 (age 79–80)
Discipline
Sociomusicology

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The Sociology of Rock

"Bad music"

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Simon Frith

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Simon Frith

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related to External links · 10
Simon Frith → Edinburgh, Faculty Page, Leisure, Online, Politics, Rock, Roll The Boston Phoenix, Sound Effects, University, Youth
related to "Four social functions of popular music" · 8
Simon Frith → Aesthetic, In, Popular, Popular Music, They, To, Towards, We
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