{"product_id":"victorian-music-a-social-and-cultural-history-paperback","title":"Victorian Music: A Social and Cultural History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAsa Briggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanet Lovegrove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​This major new book provides a sparkling and detailed account of classical, modern, and popular music throughout Queen Victoria's long reign.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It completes the acclaimed series of classic studies by Professor Briggs, published as \u003cem\u003eVictorian Cities\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVictorian People\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eVictorian Things\u003c\/em\u003e. Lord Briggs has written the work with the music specialist Janet Lovegrove.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The approach is deliberately chronological. It observes the music scene - both metropolitan and provincial - at twenty-year intervals. It particularly shows how contemporaries themselves perceived music in 1837, 1857, 1877 and 1897. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These twenty-year intervals bring out the scale of change and the balance between continuities and contrasts at each point in the story. The intervening decades are more briefly explored. An Epilogue (1901) completes the picture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The authors trace the repertory of opera, of orchestral, choral, chamber and popular music. They show the performers, theatres, halls and rooms. They provide many illuminating stories of the lives and work of the composers, writers and critics, publishers, teachers and lecturers, who were keen to bring music to the many rather the few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e London was linked to the provinces by cathedral, church or festival, and education. Key factors were the dissemination of printed music, the musical evangelism of the sight-singing movement, the national distribution achieved by the railways, and the implementation of a national educational system from 1870 onwards. An important element in this was the contribution made to 'progress' by provincial cities, most often through the proliferation of Festivals.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e No less important were the efforts of English musicians, composers, performers and teachers alike, to achieve status in a country where there was a strong amateur presence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e There was also pressure from below, and a difference - often an indifference - in the role and interests of government, local and national. However, the dynamic steps taken to found modern music institutions are traced. Comparisons are made (as did the Victorians) between English and foreign performers and composers, the 'giants' of the past and present. The last chapters show the breaking away, never complete, from 'foreign domination' and the identification of an English musical 'renaissance.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book is well illustrated. These pictures complete the overwhelming impression of an era teeming with energy and ambition, in music as in all else. The era laid the foundations of the musical heritage and standards we enjoy today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Lord Asa Briggs was one of the most important historians of Britain. He is world-renowned for his work in social history, culture, and communications. He has also been a national and international leader in education, and in life-long learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42102190833799,"sku":"9781913087531","price":85.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5c7f77a2ab6a3e1c869b9b7169cc75ca.webp?v=1732401325","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/victorian-music-a-social-and-cultural-history-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}