Gioia, Ted, <br/><br/>
Love songs :  a hidden history / 
Ted Gioia. 
 - New York, NY :  Oxford University Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Birds do it! --  Procreative music --  Sappho and Confucius --  Love in ancient Rome --  Debauched maidens and lustful harlots --  The North African and Middle Eastern connection --  The troubadours --  The triumph of romance --  A love supreme --  Profane love --  Divas and deviancy --  Folk songs and love songs --  Love songs for the mass market --  The African connection (again) --  Crooners, torch songs and bobbysoxers --  Rock 'n' roll and the summer of love --  As nasty as they wanna be. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199357581 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Love songs--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML2854  / .L684 2015