Work Songs

by Ted Gioia

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All societies have relied on music to transform the experience of work. Song accompanied the farmer's labors, calmed the herder's flock, and set in motion the spinner's wheel. Today this tradition continues. Music blares on the shop floor; song accompanies transactions in the retail store; the radio keeps the trucker going on the long-distance haul.

Now Ted Gioia, author of several acclaimed books on the history of jazz, tells the story of work...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0822337266

ISBN13:9780822337263

Release Date:April 2006

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Folk & Traditional Gospel History & Criticism Music Musical Genres Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Religion & Spirituality Religious & Sacred Music

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