Love songs : a hidden history /

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The love song is timeless. From its beginnings, it has been shaped by bohemians and renegades, slaves and oppressed minorities, prostitutes, immigrants and other excluded groups. But what do we really know about the origins of these intimate expressions of the heart? And how have our changing percep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gioia, Ted (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Love songs > History and criticism.
Chansons d'amour > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
Love songs
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Birds do it!
  • Procreative music
  • Sappho and Confucius
  • Love in ancient Rome
  • Debauched maidens and lustful harlots
  • The North African and Middle Eastern connection
  • The troubadours
  • The triumph of romance
  • A love supreme
  • Profane love
  • Divas and deviancy
  • Folk songs and love songs
  • Love songs for the mass market
  • The African connection (again)
  • Crooners, torch songs and bobbysoxers
  • Rock 'n' roll and the summer of love
  • As nasty as they wanna be.

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