The Song Remains The Same : 800 Years Of Love Songs, Laments And Lullabies
La Trobe University Press
ISBN13:
9781760640118
$25.44
An illuminating history of the song for every kind of music lover Often today, the word 'song' is used to describe all music. A free-jazz improvisation, a Hindustani raga, a movement from a Beethoven symphony- apparently, they're all songs. But they're not. From Sia to Springsteen, Archie Roach to Amy Winehouse, a song is a specific musical form. It's not so much that they all have verses and choruses - though most of them do - but that they are all relatively short and self-contained; they have beginnings, middles and ends; they often have a single point of view, message or story; and, crucially, they unite words and music. Thus, a Schubert song has more in common with a track by Joni Mitchell or Rihanna than with one of Schubert's own symphonies. The Song Remains the Same traces these connections through seventy-five songs from different cultures and times- love songs, anthems, protest songs, lullabies, folk songs, jazz standards, lieder and pop hits; 'When You Wish Upon a Star' to 'We Will Rock You', 'Jerusalem' to 'Jolene'. Unpicking their inner workings makes familiar songs strange again, explaining and restoring the wonder, joy (or possibly loathing) the reader experienced on first hearing.
- | Author: Andrew Ford, Anni Heino
- | Publisher: La Trobe University Press
- | Publication Date: Nov 25, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 290 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1760640115
- | ISBN-13: 9781760640118
- Author:
- Andrew Ford, Anni Heino
- Publisher:
- La Trobe University Press
- Publication Date:
- Nov 25, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 290 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1760640115
- ISBN-13:
- 9781760640118