| Series |
Studies in social history
Studies in social history (Routledge & Kegan Paul) ^A317129
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| Contents |
Music and society in the Middle Ages -- Renaissance, Reformation, and the musical public -- The eighteenth century -- Industrial society and the people's music -- The Victorian era: national education and musical progress -- "Fin de siècle": the ethos of competitive enterprise -- The modern age: musical culture and the varying pulse of the machine. |
| Abstract |
This study records some of the main social movements which have influenced the development of musical taste and custom in England since the Middle Ages. It begins with a discussion of the functional nature of mediaeval music and then traces the evolution of a musical public, through the public concert, the eighteenth-century Italian opera and the provincial festival. The various effects of the Industrial Revolution on our music are considered, and the connections drawn between nineteenth-century social conditions and popular music making including the Tonic Sol-Fa movement, the brass-band contests and the Music for the People campaign. The status of musical education is examined together with the rise of professionalism. This in turn is related to the growth of large-scale commercialization, and the book concludes with a survey of the attitudes to music resulting from modern advances in technology and the social effects of the two World Wars. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-294) and index. |
| LCCN | 65001052 |
