The show must go on! : popular song in Britain during the First World War
Mullen, John, 1960-2015
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Using a collection of over 1000 popular songs from the war years, as well as around 150 soldiers' songs, John Mullen provides an insight into the world of popular entertainment during the First World War. He considers the position of songs of this time within the history of popular music, and the needs, tastes and experiences of their working-class audiences. He assesses the different genres of musical entertainment which were common in the war years and presents a subtle and nuanced approach to the nature of popular song, the ways in which audiences related to the music and the effects of the competing pressures of commerce, propaganda, patriotism, social attitudes and the progress of the war.
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Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, 2015.
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236 pages ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472441584 (hbk)1472441583 (hbk)9781472441591 (pbk)9781472441607 (ebook)9781472441614 (ebook)
Dewey class:
782.4216 MUL782.4216
LC class:
ML3650.5
Language:
English
Subject:
Popular music -- Great Britain -- 1911-1920 -- History and criticismPopular music -- Social aspects -- Great BritainMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Music and the warGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryMusicMusic
BRN:
279013