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| subgenres = | regional_scenes = * England * Scotland * Wales * Ireland * United States * Canada * Sweden * Japan * Czech Republic | other_topics = * Art pop * Sunshine pop * progressive rock }} Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the 1960s with influences from art (avant-garde and classical) music.〔("Art-Rock" ). Merriam Webster. Retrieved 15 December 2011.〕 The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968.〔 Art rock was a form of music which wanted to "extend the limits of rock & roll", and opted for a more experimental and conceptual outlook on music.〔("Art Rock" ). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 15 December 2011.〕 Art rock took influences from several genres, notably classical music, as well as experimental rock, psychedelia, avant garde, folk, baroque pop, and, in later compositions, jazz.〔 Art rock has often been used synonymously with progressive rock;〔〔("Prog-Rock" ). Allmusic. Archived from (the original ) on 9 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2011.〕 nevertheless, differences have been identified between the genres, with art rock emphasizing avant-garde or experimental influences and "novel sonic structure," while progressive rock has been characterized as putting a greater emphasis on classically-trained instrumental technique, literary content, and symphonic features.〔 Art rock, as a term, can also be used to refer to either classically driven rock, or a progressive rock-folk fusion,〔 making it an eclectic genre. Common characteristics of art rock include album-oriented music divided into compositions rather than songs, with usually complicated and long instrumental sections, symphonic orchestration,〔 and an experimental style. Art rock music was traditionally used within the context of concept records,〔 and its lyrical themes tended to be "imaginative",〔 philosophical,〔(The Golden Age Of Art Rock: Part One: Making It Last 2 ). ("Cosmik Debris Magazine Presents The Golden Age of Rock, January 2002" ). Archived from (the original ) on 12 January 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2011.〕 and politically oriented.〔 While art rock developed towards the end of the 1960s, it enjoyed its greatest level of popularity in the early 1970s through groups such as Roxy Music, David Bowie, Jethro Tull, Electric Light Orchestra, 10cc, the Moody Blues, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Procol Harum.〔 Several other more experimental rock artists of the time were also characterized as art rock, including the Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson, and Frank Zappa.〔 Art rock's success continued to the 1990s. Several pop and rock exponents of the period, including Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, incorporated elements of art rock within their work.〔 Art rock, as well as the theatrical nature of performances associated with the genre, was able to appeal to "artistically inclined" adolescents and younger adults,〔 especially due to its "virtuosity" and musical "complexity".〔 ==Relationship with progressive and experimental rock== The concept of art rock has also sometimes been used to refer to the progressive rock bands which became popular in the 1970s. AllMusic states that "Progressive rock and art rock are two almost interchangeable terms describing a mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility."〔 The latter has been described by Allmusic as "more challenging, noisy and unconventional", and also less classically influenced than the former, with more of an emphasis on avant-garde music.〔 Additionally, art rock shared much in common with experimental rock, especially with regard to experimental themes, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman's ''American Popular Music'' defines it as a "Form of rock music that blended elements of rock and European classical music. It included bands such as King Crimson; Emerson, Lake & Palmer; and Pink Floyd."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Key Terms and Definitions )〕 Bruce Eder's essay ''The Early History of Art-Rock/Prog Rock'' states that "'progressive rock,' also sometimes known as 'art rock,' or 'classical rock'" is music in which the "bands () playing suites, not songs; borrowing riffs from Bach, Beethoven, and Wagner instead of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley; and using language closer to William Blake or T. S. Eliot than to Carl Perkins or Willie Dixon."〔.〕 The ''Guide to the Progressive Rock Genres'' lists "art rock" under the subheading "Forms Tangential and Peripheral to Symphonic Rock/Progressive Rock." The guide states that "art rock" is "another term often used interchangeably with progressive rock, () implies rock with an exploratory tendency." The guide also gives another definition of "art rock", which "describes music of a more mainstream compositional nature, tending to experimentation within this framework", such as "Early" Roxy Music, David Bowie, Brian Eno's 70s rock music, and Be-Bop Deluxe.〔.〕 Connolly and Company argue that the "creation of the 'art rock' subgenre, whose members were identified by music played with artistic ideals (e.g., Roxy Music, 10cc)... was in many ways a response to prog rock's long-winded concepts, an attempt to condense progressive rock's ideas into shorter, self-standing songs." He argues that "Art rock's lifespan was brief, generally contained to the '70s."〔.〕 Art rock may be considered "arty" through incorporating some elements of classical "art" music or literature, or simply through eclecticism. Examples of the former include Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, the Moody Blues, the Who,〔Stuessy, Joe. ''Rock and Roll: Its History and Stylistic Development'', 5th ed., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN 0-13-099370-0〕〔("Art & Progressive Rock" ). Real.com. Archived from (the original ) on 6 May 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2011.〕 the Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, David Bowie, the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Kate Bush, the Beatles, Peter Gabriel, and Love (''Forever Changes'') and examples of the latter include Peter Hammill, Genesis, and early Queen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Art Rock and the Bohemian Rhapsody )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Art rock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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