| Tea music dates back to an age many centuries ago. Tea gatherers have always sung while they worked and do so to this day, and music gives them energy and strengthens their spirit during mechanical, constantly repetitive work. The songs most frequently celebrate the tea itself or people from its immediate vicinity. A whole range of wonderful verses and melodies have emerged from the ranks of tea gatherers. Tea has become a theme for musicians in all ages, and can be found for example in the instrumentation of the musical song Tea for Two by Dmitri Shostakovich “Tahiti Trol”, Štěpán Rak’s guitar song In Praise of Tea, Afternoon Tea Serenade by Sharon O’ Connor or Sting’s “ I don’t drink coffee, I take tea, my dear” from his song Englishman in New York. |