Taylor, David

From Mummers to Madness : A Social History of Popular Music in England, c.1770s to c.1970s - Huddersfield University of Huddersfield Press 2021 - 1 electronic resource (452 p.)

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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.


Creative Commons


English

9781862181922


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 ā€˜n’ roll, rhythm and blues, African-Caribbean, calypso, reggae