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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.

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

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 11/13/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719052613, 978-0719052613
      ISBN10: 0719052610

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      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

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