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| Imperialism and Music |
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Britain 1876-1953
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Jeffrey Richards
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$48.95 Paperback
Release Date: 12/1/2001
ISBN: 9780719061431
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| 528 Pages |
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Canadian rights only
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Distributed for Manchester University Press
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About the Book
This is the first book to consider the relationship between British imperialism and music. With its unique ability to stimulate the emotions and to create mental images, music was used to dramatise, illustrate and reinforce the components of the ideological cluster that constituted British imperialism in its heyday: patriotism, monarchism, hero-worship, Protestantism, racialism and chivalry. It was also used to emphasise the inclusiveness of Britain by stressing the contributions of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland to the imperial project.
Music was specifically written to promote the idea of empire and music from other sources was used in pageants and tattoos to bolster and underpin imperial ideology. At the same time a common musical culture was disseminated within the empire, partly by emulation of the Home Country but also by the activities of touring British bands, choirs, singers and conductors. This study examines every musical form from high culture to popular culture: the symphony, the overture, the ode, the hymn, the ballad, the march, the film score and the music hall song. It covers composers such as Elgar and Sullivan, and performers from Dame Nellie Melba to Peter Dawson.
Written in a lively and accessible style, Imperialism and music will be enjoyed by both specialists and the general reader alike, and will appeal to anyone interested in cultural history, musical history and the wider history of the British Empire.
About the Author(s)
Jeffrey Richards is Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University.
Table of Contents
General editor's introduction
Introduction
1. Meanings: Empire and music
2. Sullivan's empire
3. Elgar's empire
4. Music for official occasions
5. Imperial days: Armistice Day and Empire Day
6. Teaching the lessons of Empire: Exhibitions and festivals
7. 'All the King's horses and all the King's men': The Aldershot Tattoo
8. 'Bring on the girls' - Opera, operetta and ballet
9. 'The sun never sets' - The music for imperial films
10. Sing a song of empire
11. 'From Greenland's icy mountains, from India's coral strand': The imperial hymn
12. Imperial march
13. 'Hearts across the sea': The Dominions musical tour of 1922
14. The Empires' queens of song: Dame Emma Albani, Dame Nellie Melba, Dame Clara Butt
15. The troubadour of empire
Conclusion
Reviews
This is an important study of a much-neglected aspect of musical and imperial history. Professor Richards' approach to the subject is entirely original and remarkably far-reaching, and the result is a great deal of fascinating material about the wider cultural manifestations of empire. The book will certainly be of great value to readers in a wide range of subject areas.
- David C. Russell, Department of Historical and Critical Studies, University of Central Lancashire
Professor Richards' treatment of this subject is timely, fascinating, important and well-researched
- Stephen D. Banfield, Department of Music, University of Birmingham
Sample Chapter
A sample chapter of this title is not available at this time. For further information, please email info@ubcpress.ubc.ca.
Related Topics
History > Other
Music
Cultural Studies
History
European Studies
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