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/newscenter/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fea-john-covach.jpg550300From rock 'n' roll to pop and hip hop, popular music may be, well, popular. But it is rarely understood as a musical form. Now that's about to change. The new Institute for Popular Music, led by founding director John Covach, will treat the study of popular genres as seriously as classical music.