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title: "2 Simon Frith Quotes"
description: "Simon Webster Frith is a British sociomusicologist and rock critic who specializes in popular music culture. He is professor emeritus of Music at the Un..."
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# Simon Frith

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Simon Webster Frith 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 R

##  Quotes by Simon Frith

> [“Rock is a commercially made mass music and this must be the starting point for its celebration as well as for its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-frith/rock-is-a-commercially-made-mass-music-and-this-must-be-the-starting/)

Simon Frith

[Music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/simon-frith-97381_music_rock-is-a-commercially-made-mass-music-a_23105.jpg)

> [“Rock, for all the power of its individual dreams, is still confined by its mass cultural form. Its history, like the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-frith/rock-for-all-the-power-of-its-individual-dreams-is-still-confined-by/)

Simon Frith

[Class struggle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class-struggle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/simon-frith-97381_class-struggle_rock-for-all-the-power-of-its-individual_1907903.jpg)

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