Sounds of Liberty - Music, Radicalism and Reform in the Anglophone World, 17901914

Focussing on radicals and reformers this book explores the role of music in transmitting political culture across the Anglophone world over time and distance. It brings to light the importance of music in the lived experience of politics of those who composed, performed and consumed it. It provides an opportunity to hear history as it happened.

List of contents

Introduction: the sounds of liberty
1 Songs of the world
2 The sound of marching feet
3 Votes for a song
4 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'
5 Music, morals and the middle class
6 The challenges of uplift
7 'Sing of the warriors of labour': radical religion, secularism
and the hymn
Conclusion: 'And they sang a new song'
Index

About the author

Kate Bowan is Lecturer in the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at the Australian National University

Paul Pickering is Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University

Summary

Focussing on radicals and reformers this book explores the role of music in transmitting political culture across the Anglophone world over time and distance. It brings to light the importance of music in the lived experience of politics of those who composed, performed and consumed it. It provides an opportunity to hear history as it happened. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Kate Bowan, Kate Pickering Bowan, Mr. Paul A. Pickering, Paul Pickering, Paul A. Pickering
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781526138330
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3833-0
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History