Love Songs : The Hidden History.
Ted. Gioia
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : Oxford University Press , cop. 2015
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (332 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Cover -- Love Songs: The Hidden History -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- I NTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: Birds Do It! -- CHAPTER 2: Procreative Music -- CHAPTER 3: Sappho and Confucius -- CHAPTER 4: Love in Ancient Rome -- CHAPTER 5: Debauched Maidens and Lustful Harlots -- CHAPTER 6: The North African and Middle Eastern Connection -- CHAPTER 7: The Troubadours -- CHAPTER 8: The Triumph of Romance -- CHAPTER 9: A Love Supreme -- CHAPTER 10: Profane Love -- CHAPTER 11: Divas and Deviancy -- CHAPTER 12: Folk Songs and Love Songs -- CHAPTER 13: Love Songs for the Mass Market -- CHAPTER 14: The African Connection (Again) -- CHAPTER 15: Crooners, Torch Songs, and Bobby-Soxers -- CHAPTER 16: Rock 'n' Roll and the Summer of Love -- CHAPTER 17: As Nasty as They Wanna Be -- NOTE S -- Introduction and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Birds Do It! -- Chapter 2: Procreative Music -- Chapter 3: Sappho and Confucius -- Chapter 4: Love in Ancient Rome -- Chapter 5: Debauched Maidens and Lustful Harlots -- Chapter 6: The North African and Middle Eastern Connection -- Chapter 7: The Troubadours -- Chapter 8: The Triumph of Romance -- Chapter 9: A Love Supreme -- Chapter 10: Profane Love -- Chapter 11: Divas and Deviancy -- Chapter 12: Folk Songs and Love Songs -- Chapter 13: Love Songs for the Mass Market -- Chapter 14: The African Connection (Again) -- Chapter 15: Crooners, Torch Songs, and Bobby-Soxers -- Chapter 16: Rock 'n' Roll and the Summer of Love -- Chapter 17: As Nasty as They Wanna Be -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.. - For thousands of years, love songs have pervaded our musical lives. But no one has told their full story until now. Ted Gioia surveys the conflicts and controversies, and traces the surprising path by which the love song has triumphed over all obstacles, emerging as a dominant commercial and cultural force.
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| ISBN | 9780199357574
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