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Popular Music in England 18401914 - A Social History

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Dave Russell is Reader in the History of Popular Culture at the University of Central Lancashire Klappentext The only in-depth study of the wider field of popular music in this period. Scholarly, but accessible. This is an Open University Set Text. Zusammenfassung This study explores a wide range of Victorian and Edwardian musical life including brass bands! choral societies! music hall and popular concerts! and analyzes the way in which popular cultural practice was shaped by! and in turn! helped shape social and economic structures. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordPreface to the second editionIntroduction: music and societyPart 1 Control: music and the battle for the working-class mindMusic and morals, 1840-1880Music and morals, 1880-1914Part 2 Capitalism: entrepreneurs and popular musicThe popular music insustryThe Music hall and its musicSocial and political comment in music-hall songPatriotism, jingoism and imperialismPart 3 Community: the music of 'the people'The emergence of a popular traditionBrass bandsChoral societiesMusic and social changeConclusionsAppendix: Working-class composersSelect bibliographyIndex

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