Om "progressiv rock" i Pekka Pohjolas musikk og komposisjonspraksis

  • Bjørn David Dolmen

Abstract

In this article I examine the music and compositional practices of the Finnish composer Pekka Pohjola, with special attention given to the terms ”progressive rock” and ”post rock”. After leaving The Sibelius Academy, Pohjola became part of Helsinki’s experimental rock scene as one of the founders of Finnish ”progressive rock”. In the first part of the article I discuss the content of this term. A number of groups and composers that originated as rock musicians in the seventies, have in later years evolved from the expression they were once known for, and are today representatives of a musical aesthetic that is often ignored or overlooked in musicology. By analyzing Pohjolas composition ”Metropolitan”, my ambition is to add a new example to the notion of musical ”post rock” as a relevant terminology.

 

Published
2014-05-06
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Articles