From Mummers to Madness A Social History of Popular Music in England, c.1770s to c.1970s

• Main Author: Taylor, David (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Huddersfield University of Huddersfield Press 2021
• Subjects: Theory of music & musicology; Popular music, easy listening; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups; Social & cultural history; popular music, socio-economic, technological developments, production, consumption of music, industrial Revolution, Victorian music, Edwardian music, music hall, dance saloon, record, radio, music hall, rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues, African-Caribbean, calypso, reggae
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

From Mummers to Madness surveys the evolution of popular music in England from the mid-Georgian to mid-Elizabethan years. It considers the major socio-economic and technological developments that impacted profoundly on the production and consumption of music, and seeks to explain how popular music both shaped and responded to these changes.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (452 p.)

ISBN

9781862181922

Access

Open Access