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Sing Us One of the Old Songs Michael Kilgarriff

Sing Us One of the Old Songs By Michael Kilgarriff

Sing Us One of the Old Songs by Michael Kilgarriff


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Summary

Michael Kilgarriff - for thirty years a music hall chairman, producer, and musical director - has compiled a wealth of information on popular song in Britain during the 60 years from 1860 to 1920, comprehensively cross-indexed under performer, lyricist, composer, and year. This invaluable and long-awaited addition to the Music Hall literature is unrivalled in its magnitude and unique in its scope.

Sing Us One of the Old Songs Summary

Sing Us One of the Old Songs: A Guide to Popular Song, 1860-1920 by Michael Kilgarriff

Michael Kilgarriff's compilation of some 20,000 popular song titles, 1860-1920, provides for the first time in one volume answers to the questions which excite Music Hall and popular song enthusiasts more than anything in life: who wrote what and when, and who sang it? The criteria for a song's inclusion are popularity, topicality, and significance in the career of its singer. Also included are titles still remembered and performed, for it is at today's Music Hall performers and producers that these checklists are primarily aimed. The non-active enthusiast and the casual enquirer will also find much of value herein, if only because the information offered is not readily available elsewhere. Many specialist libraries and collections are not open to the public. The importance of Sing Us One of the Old Songs is to bring much previously inaccessible material within general reach.

Sing Us One of the Old Songs Reviews

the general soundness and sobriety of his scholarship seem beyond dispute. He cites an impressive array of sources, and, even more importantly, he draws on a lifetime's experience.../ For the specialists and Old Time activists whom he sees as his primary audience, his book will be invaluable./ John Gross, TLS, 05/02/99.

About Michael Kilgarriff

Michael Kilgarriff is an actor, musician, writer. He performs regularly as Music Hall Chairman of the Players' Theatre, London; he has worked for BBC television and radio in a variety of roles (both as actor and writer) and has also appeared in both pantomimes and more serious stage work.

Table of Contents

Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Principal Popular Song Publishers ; Abbreviations ; Core Song-List ; Artistes' Repertoires ; Lyricists and Composers ; Date-List ; Show Songs ; Sources & Bibliography ; Index of Song and Sketch Titles

Additional information

GOR004878213
9780198166573
0198166575
Sing Us One of the Old Songs: A Guide to Popular Song, 1860-1920 by Michael Kilgarriff
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Oxford University Press
19990114
864
N/A
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