While ballads have been a cornerstone of popular music for decades, this is the first book to explore the history and appeal of these treasured songs. David Metzer investigates how and why the styles of ballads have changed over a period of more than seventy years, offering a definition of the genre and discussing the influences of celebrated performers including Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and Whitney Houston. The emotional power of the ballad is strongly linked to the popular mood of the time, and consequently songs can tell us much about how events and emotions were felt and understood The Ballad in American Popular Music - David Metzer od authora David Metzer a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
David Metzer |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
244 |
| Rok vydání |
2017 |
| Nakladatelství |
Cambridge University Press |
