Popular Music in England, 1840-1914: A Social History (MUSIC AND SOCIETY (MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS)) - Hardcover

Dave Russell

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9780719053108: Popular Music in England, 1840-1914: A Social History (MUSIC AND SOCIETY (MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS))

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719053102 ISBN 13: 9780719053108

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998

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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. The text has been fully revised in order to consider recent work in the field.

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Dave Russell is Reader in the History of Popular Culture at the University of Central Lancashire

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". . . the best general examination of popular music in Victorian England to date. It is written with rigor and panache and no small measure of affection." --Popular Music

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