Řemeslo má zlaté dno - Písně o práci, povoláních a řemeslech – Kouba Vojtěch (2024)

How do Czech songs about work sound? How have they changed over the years and why are they talked about so little today? The publication by Vojtěch Kouba seeks answers, introducing readers to the wealth of songs whose themes are work, professions, and crafts from the Middle Ages to the present. The book includes a CD with recordings of unknown songs about work performed by the Folk Music from Chrást, sheet music, and many other pieces of information on this interesting topic. The book is complemented by illustrations by Tereza Marianová. ***** CONTENT Introduction * I must tell you (The Troubled Musician) * Who wants the Miller's daughter (The Wandering Apprentice) * Prepare, fishermen * The doll went to look for the tailor * Spin spin * The stonemasons from the forest are coming * Yesterday I was at the picket * Under Zahořany, the miller's wife) * Listen for a moment (About the Hunters * At the dawn by the river * About the robots * What is too much for those peasants * Bandlkrama * Machines) * Don't blame them for drinking (What kind of mayor do you have * Stand still, the shoemaker is dead * The unfortunate farmer * Vilém Vilém * Two bakers set off * The golden teaching office * He had nothing * About the railway) * Tastes for work (The Beekeeper's March * Great Measure * When I came to Kaufland) * Songs about work as a political issue (Who is more? * In the service of the people * About work (not) being sung * Workers' songs, Czech and...