| Edition |
First trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
xii, 513 pages ; 21 cm |
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Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ Musicologists lcdgt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-487) and index. |
| Note |
Originally published in hardcover by Basic Books in 2019. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The origin of music as a force of creative destruction -- Carnivores at the Philharmonic -- In search of a universal music -- Music history as a battle between magic and mathematics -- Bulls and sex toys -- The storyteller -- The invention of the singer -- The shame of music -- Unmanly music -- The devil's songs -- Oppression and musical innovation -- Not all wizards carry wands -- The invention of the audience -- Musicians behaving badly -- The origins of the music business -- Culture wars -- Subversives in wigs -- You say you want a revolution? -- The great flip-flop -- The aesthetics of diaspora -- Black music and the great American lifestyle crisis -- Rebellion goes mainstream -- Funky butt -- The origins of country music in the neolithic era -- Where did our love go? -- The sacrificial ritual -- Rappers and technocrats -- Welcome our new overlords -- Epilogue: This is not a manifesto. |
| Summary |
Gioia tells a 4,000-year history of music as a global source of power, change, and upheaval. He shows how social outcasts have repeatedly become trailblazers of musical expression. |
| Subject |
Music -- Social aspects -- History.
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Music -- Political aspects -- History.
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Music -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01030414
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Music -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01030444
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
1541644379 (paperback) |
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9781541644373 (paperback) |
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