Argues that role of the unruly, the socially outcast, the revolutionary, the disreputable etc have consistently been overlooked in the history of music, which has in effect been bowdlerised by convention. Gioia indeed!
Music: A Subversive History
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£14.99
Edition:Paperback978154164437327/05/2021
Categories: 08. Spring Books 2021: Music, Cinema & Performing Arts, Music, Spring Books 2021
Tags: History of music, Jazz, Music
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