Popular Music in England 1840-1914: A Social History by David Russell
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.
Popular Music in England 1840-1914
Popular Music in England 1840-1914
Summary
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.
Popular Music in England 1840-1914 Summary
About David Russell
Dave Russell is Reader in the History of Popular Culture at the University of Central Lancashire
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface to the second edition
Introduction: music and society
Part 1 Control: music and the battle for the working-class mind
Music and morals, 1840-1880
Music and morals, 1880-1914
Part 2 Capitalism: entrepreneurs and popular music
The popular music insustry
The Music hall and its music
Social and political comment in music-hall song
Patriotism, jingoism and imperialism
Part 3 Community: the music of 'the people'
The emergence of a popular tradition
Brass bands
Choral societies
Music and social change
Conclusions
Appendix: Working-class composers
Select bibliography
Index
Additional information
GOR004044172
9780719052613
0719052610
Popular Music in England 1840-1914: A Social History by David Russell
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Manchester University Press
19971113
368
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