QR Rock and Roll Romantic Songs

The love song has been around for thousands of years and existed in virtually every culture: fragments of love songs and lyric poetry etched on papyrus and carved in stone survive from ancient Greece and Egypt. Medieval troubadours perfected the art of writing and singing about idealized love. Opera composers dramatized romance in music. Amorous parlor songs played a role in courtships.

Why is the Pop song such a common medium for expressing feelings about love, and how do individual songs relate to their historical moments? This activity examines 8 love songs throughout the ages and has students discuss their literary content as well as the psychology used behind them.

Happy Valentine's Day!