Europe, Empire, and Spectacle in Nineteenth-century British Music

• Author(s): Rachel Cowgill, Julian Rushton,
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
• Pages: 299
• ISBN_10: 0754652084
  ISBN_13: 9780754652083
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Music / History & Criticism , Music / Genres & Styles / International ,

Description:... This volume illuminates musical connections between Britain and the continent of Europe, and Britain and its Empire. The seldom-recognized vitality of musical theatre and other kinds of spectacle in Britain itself, and also the flourishing concert life of the period, indicates a means of defining tradition and identity within nineteenth-century British musical culture. The volume benefits not only from new archival research, but also from fresh musicological approaches and interdisciplinary methods that recognize the integral role of music within a wider culture.