topic not touched a lot because of its complexity and its

avoidance by conservative adults. This topic is, of course, Rock

Music. During one week, I looked for information in the library

and at my house, and from the information I gathered and my one

knowledge about the topic, I'm going to lead the reader to a

better understanding of Rock n' Roll. I chose to do Rock music

because I can identify myself with it. Rock music is very

complex. In fact "It's stylistic scope is to broad to be

encompassed by any single definition" ("Rock Music", Groliers,

p.1). The nearest definition suggests a kind of music that

represents and speaks for the teenage society. This music is

characterized by using a heavy beat. In this essay, I'm going to

divide Rock music into four sections: Rock of the 50's, of the

60's, of the 70's and of the 80's. Within these sections I'm also

going to discuss several sub-topics such as famous composers and

groups, and characteristics of the music.

The first section of this essay is Rock n' Roll of the 1950's,

when Rock n' Roll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues, a

music similar to jazz played by blacks. This kind of musi

reggae and pop-rock was still big in the U.S. Rock scene. At the

same time, there of nostalgia to return to the older pre rock

In the 70's, the common barriers of rock broke into more

that was sexual suggestive and outraged dull adults. In time he

("Rock Music", Encarta, p.1), and Heavy Metal, which continued

style of music was created called Reggae. Reggae is a mixture of

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