The singing bourgeois : songs of the Victorian drawing room and parlour
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The singing bourgeois : songs of the Victorian drawing room and parlour
（Music in 19th-century Britain）
Ashgate, c2001
2nd ed
Available at 5 libraries
Note
"First published 1989 by Open University Press"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-252) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1989, The Singing Bourgeois challenges the myth that the 'Victorian parlour song' was a clear-cut genre. Derek Scott reveals the huge diversity of musical forms and styles that influenced the songs performed in middle class homes during the nineteenth century, from the assimilation of Celtic and Afro-American culture by songwriters, to the emergence of forms of sacred song performed in the home. The popularity of these domestic songs opened up opportunities to women composers, and a chapter of the book is dedicated to the discussion of women songwriters and their work. The commercial success of bourgeois song through the sale of sheet music demonstrated how music might be incorporated into a system of capitalist enterprise. Scott examines the early amateur music market and its evolution into an increasingly professionalized activity towards the end of the century. This new updated edition features an additional chapter which provides a broad survey of music and class in London, drawing on sources that have appeared since the book's first publication. An overview of recent research is also given in a section of additional notes. The new bibliography of nineteenth-century British and American popular song is the most comprehensive of its kind and includes information on twentieth-century collections of songs, relevant periodicals, catalogues, dictionaries and indexes, as well as useful databases and internet sites. The book also features accompanying downloadable resources of songs from the period.
Table of Contents
- Contents: Introduction to the first edition
- Introduction to the second edition
- The foundations of the drawing-room genre
- The growth of the market for domestic music
- The rise of the woman ballad composer
- Cultural assimilation
- Sacred songs
- Promoters, publishers, and professional performers
- A best-selling formula?
- Nationalism and imperialism
- Hegemony
- Continuity and change
- Music and social class
- Notes
- Glossary of musical terms used in the text
- Select bibliography
- Song index
- General index.
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