Cheap print and popular song in the nineteenth century : a cultural history of the songster /
Cheap print and popular song in the nineteenth century : a cultural history of the songster /
edited by Paul Watt, Derek B. Scott and Patrick Spedding.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 The Nineteenth- Century Songster; References; Part 1 Production, Function and Commerce; 2 American Secular Songsters in the Nineteenth Century; Introduction; Before 1820; 1820-1860; 1860s-1890s; After 1890; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; Online Resources; 3 The Prefaces to Songsters; Authorship and the Law; Dibdin and Burton: Law and Agency; Aesthetics; Performers and Their Reputations; Conclusion. Songsters Referred To in the TextReferences; 4 The Genesis of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies, 1808-1834; References; Archives; Appendix; Part 2 Politics; 5 The US Presidential Campaign Songster, 1840-1900; Songsters Referred To in the Text; Songsters Not Referred To in the Text; Online Sources; References; 6 Friendship, Cosmopolitan Connections and Late Victorian Socialist Songbook Culture; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 7 'Confound Their Politics': The Political Uses of 'God Save the King-Queen'; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References. 8 Charles Robert Thatcher's SongstersIntroduction; Who Was Charles Thatcher?; 'There's Gold in Them Thar Hills'; The Victoria Songster; Thatcher's Colonial Songster and Thatcher's Colonial Minstrel; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; Part 3 Nation, Place and Purpose; 9 Rethinking the Songster and ƯNational-Cosmopolitan Identity in Lowland Scotland, c. 1787-1830; Introduction; Historical Background and Scottish Enlightenment Improvement; Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and the Songster; Allan Ramsay (1686-1758); George Thomson and the National Music of Scotland. 'Lochaber'Improvement and Representations of Scottish Gaelic Music; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 10 The Blackface Songster in Britain; Introduction; Early Blackface Songsters; Later Blackface Songsters; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 11 Popular Songsters and the British Military; The Origins of 'The Girl I Left Behind Me'; Popular Song in the British Military; Songsters; The British Army War-Song Album; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 12 Australian Songsters and the Australian Folk Song Movement. Songsters and the Folk Song MovementSongsters Referred To in the Text; References; Index.
This is the first book to detail the musical and cultural significance of the songster.
9781108163347 (electronic bk.) 1108163343 (electronic bk.) 9781108162708 (electronic bk.) 1108162703 (electronic bk.) 1108163181 (electronic bk.) 9781108163187 (electronic bk.) (hardcover) (print)
1005882 MIL
To 1901
Songsters--History and criticism.
Popular music--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Popular music--Political aspects--History--19th century.
Popular music--History and criticism.--To 1901
Songsters--Histoire et critique.
Musique populaire--Aspect social--Histoire--19e siècle.
Musique populaire--Aspect politique--Histoire--19e siècle.
Musique populaire--Histoire et critique.--Jusqu'à 1901
MUSIC--Instruction & Study--Voice.
MUSIC--Lyrics.
MUSIC--Printed Music--Vocal.
Popular music.
Popular music--Political aspects.
Popular music--Social aspects.
Songsters.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
ML3470 / .C5 2017eb
782.421640973/09034
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 The Nineteenth- Century Songster; References; Part 1 Production, Function and Commerce; 2 American Secular Songsters in the Nineteenth Century; Introduction; Before 1820; 1820-1860; 1860s-1890s; After 1890; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; Online Resources; 3 The Prefaces to Songsters; Authorship and the Law; Dibdin and Burton: Law and Agency; Aesthetics; Performers and Their Reputations; Conclusion. Songsters Referred To in the TextReferences; 4 The Genesis of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies, 1808-1834; References; Archives; Appendix; Part 2 Politics; 5 The US Presidential Campaign Songster, 1840-1900; Songsters Referred To in the Text; Songsters Not Referred To in the Text; Online Sources; References; 6 Friendship, Cosmopolitan Connections and Late Victorian Socialist Songbook Culture; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 7 'Confound Their Politics': The Political Uses of 'God Save the King-Queen'; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References. 8 Charles Robert Thatcher's SongstersIntroduction; Who Was Charles Thatcher?; 'There's Gold in Them Thar Hills'; The Victoria Songster; Thatcher's Colonial Songster and Thatcher's Colonial Minstrel; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; Part 3 Nation, Place and Purpose; 9 Rethinking the Songster and ƯNational-Cosmopolitan Identity in Lowland Scotland, c. 1787-1830; Introduction; Historical Background and Scottish Enlightenment Improvement; Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and the Songster; Allan Ramsay (1686-1758); George Thomson and the National Music of Scotland. 'Lochaber'Improvement and Representations of Scottish Gaelic Music; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 10 The Blackface Songster in Britain; Introduction; Early Blackface Songsters; Later Blackface Songsters; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 11 Popular Songsters and the British Military; The Origins of 'The Girl I Left Behind Me'; Popular Song in the British Military; Songsters; The British Army War-Song Album; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 12 Australian Songsters and the Australian Folk Song Movement. Songsters and the Folk Song MovementSongsters Referred To in the Text; References; Index.
This is the first book to detail the musical and cultural significance of the songster.
9781108163347 (electronic bk.) 1108163343 (electronic bk.) 9781108162708 (electronic bk.) 1108162703 (electronic bk.) 1108163181 (electronic bk.) 9781108163187 (electronic bk.) (hardcover) (print)
1005882 MIL
To 1901
Songsters--History and criticism.
Popular music--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Popular music--Political aspects--History--19th century.
Popular music--History and criticism.--To 1901
Songsters--Histoire et critique.
Musique populaire--Aspect social--Histoire--19e siècle.
Musique populaire--Aspect politique--Histoire--19e siècle.
Musique populaire--Histoire et critique.--Jusqu'à 1901
MUSIC--Instruction & Study--Voice.
MUSIC--Lyrics.
MUSIC--Printed Music--Vocal.
Popular music.
Popular music--Political aspects.
Popular music--Social aspects.
Songsters.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
ML3470 / .C5 2017eb
782.421640973/09034