Each of the 33 essays in this first volume of a three-part collection explores the songs and song types associated with a given number between 1 and 33. Each piece culminates in the selection and discussion of the "definitive" song for that number. Why number songs? The numerals between 1 and 99 are the ones we experience most often in our daily existence-the elemental numerals that have worked their way into the rhythms of our lives, our figures of speech, our culture and our songs. My purpose-as is the case with discursive essayists everywhere-is to engage readers and make them think about things in ways they hadn't before.
- ISBN10 1257759337
- ISBN13 9781257759330
- Publish Date 30 December 2011
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 November 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback
- Pages 211
- Language English