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Life Flows on in Endless Song
Robert V. Wells
其他書名
Folk Songs and American History
出版University of Illinois Press, 2009
主題Biography & Autobiography / MusicHistory / United States / GeneralMusic / GeneralMusic / Genres & Styles / Folk & TraditionalMusic / History & Criticism
ISBN02520765089780252076503
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=OtM2X2B_3hcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Life Flows on in Endless Song explores American folk songs as a frame for the American experience. Robert V. Wells discusses how folk songs emerged from particular historical circumstances and evolved as they migrated from one region to another. Crafting a thematic map of four centuries of American history, Wells investigates how songs embody shifting attitudes toward the institution of the family, war and religion, work and the labor movement, transportation in America, and slavery and Jim Crow. He also considers modern folk heroes Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. Featuring a selective discography of key recordings, this book offers an accessible model for using folk songs as a richly evocative reflection of the American past.