Cheap Print and Popular Song in the Nineteenth Century: A Cultural History of the Songster
Paul Watt
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Description for Cheap Print and Popular Song in the Nineteenth Century: A Cultural History of the Songster
hardcover. This is the first book to detail the musical and cultural significance of the songster. Editor(s): Watt, Paul; Spedding, Patrick. Num Pages: 220 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; AV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174. .
This book is a cultural history of the nineteenth-century songster: pocket-sized anthologies of song texts, usually without musical notation. It examines the musical, social, commercial and aesthetic functions songsters served and the processes by which they were produced and disseminated, the repertory they included, and the singers, printers and entrepreneurs that both inspired their manufacture and facilitated their consumption. Taking an international perspective, chapters focus on songsters from Ireland, North America, Australia and Britain and the varied public and private contexts in which they were used and exploited in oral and print cultures.
This book is a cultural history of the nineteenth-century songster: pocket-sized anthologies of song texts, usually without musical notation. It examines the musical, social, commercial and aesthetic functions songsters served and the processes by which they were produced and disseminated, the repertory they included, and the singers, printers and entrepreneurs that both inspired their manufacture and facilitated their consumption. Taking an international perspective, chapters focus on songsters from Ireland, North America, Australia and Britain and the varied public and private contexts in which they were used and exploited in oral and print cultures.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107159914
SKU
V9781107159914
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About Paul Watt
Paul Watt is a senior lecturer in musicology at Monash University, Victoria. His previous books include Bawdy Songbooks of the Romantic Period (edited with Patrick Spedding, 2011) and Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot (edited with Anne-Marie Forbes, 2015). His articles have been published in the Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, Nineteenth-Century Music Review, Music and Letters and Musicology ... Read more
Reviews for Cheap Print and Popular Song in the Nineteenth Century: A Cultural History of the Songster
'No doubt a range of interdisciplinary scholars - such as those grounded in English, popular culture, music, American studies, media studies, and more - will be interested in this volume's focus on the nineteenth century, culture, production, and politics.' Scott Gac, Journal of Popular Music Studies 'There is an abundance of positive thought and information in the book. Every chapter ... Read more