Love songs
Subtitle: the hidden history
By: Ted Gioia
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780199357574
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Love songs; History and criticism; Songs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: Birds do it!; title: Procreative music; title: Sappho and Confucius; title: Love in ancient Rome; title: Debauched maidens and lustful harlots; title: The North African and Middle Eastern connection; title: The troubadours; title: The triumph of romance; title: A love supreme; title: Profane love; title: Divas and deviancy; title: Folk songs and love songs; title: Love songs for the mass market; title: The African connection (again); title: Crooners, torch songs and bobby-soxers; title: Rock 'n' roll and the summer of love; title: As nasty as they wanna be.