Love and Heartbreak

Sandra Garrido, Jane W. Davidson

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Abstract

From the troubadours to the love ballads of the twenty-first century, themes of love, romance and heartbreak have permeated music across the centuries. Garrido and Davidson in this chapter survey the history of the love song, and provide an in-depth examination of the music used in the modern day to create an atmosphere of romance, to celebrate falling in love and to deal with crushing heartbreak. These strands of evidence demonstrate both the continuities throughout history in love as a theme in music, and how music reflects changing attitudes towards love and relationships over the course of history.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPalgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages189-216
Number of pages28
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Publication series

NamePalgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
ISSN (Print)2634-6257
ISSN (Electronic)2634-6265

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