Stoia, Nicholas - Sweet Thing

Sweet Thing: The History and Musical Structure of a Shared American Vernacular Form offers readers a comprehensive new perspective on a musical scheme shared by broadside ballads and experimental rock songs alike.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Antecedents of the Sweet Thing Scheme in the British Isles and North America
Chapter 1: From Captain Kidd to Gospel Music
Chapter 2: The Frog's Courtship and Other Sources
Part II: The Musical Structure of the Sweet Thing Scheme in Early Blues, Country, and Gospel Music
Chapter 3: Poetic Forms and Rhythmic Types
Chapter 4: Harmonic Progressions
Chapter 5: Melodic Designs
Chapter 6: Other Forms
Conclusion
References
Index

Series	Oxford Studies in Music Theory