Music and institutions in nineteenth-century Britain / edited by Paul Rodmell, University of Birmingham, UK.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rodmell, Paul.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Music in nineteenth-century Britain

Music in 19th-century Britain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Music.

Music--Societies, etc.

Music--Social aspects.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xv, 289 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, UK England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate Publishing, 2012.

Contents:

The management of nineteenth-century Dublin music societies in the public and private spheres : the Philharmonic Society and the Dublin Musical Society / Catherine Ferris

Three Madrigal Societies in Early nineteenth-Century England / James Hobson

'A Melodious Phenomenon' : the Institutional Influence on Town-Hall Music-Making / Rachel E. Milestone

A Home for the 'Phil' : Liverpool's First Philharmonic Hall (1849) / Fiona M. Palmer

James Mapleson and the 'National Opera House' / Paul Rodmell

Musical Diplomacy and Mary Gladstone's Diary / Phyllis Weliver

The expansion and development of the music degree syllabus at Trinity College Dublin during the nineteenth century / Lisa Parker

The music exams of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, 1859-1919 / David Wright

Resisting the Empire? Public Music Examinations in Melbourne, 1896-1914 / Kieran Crichton

Birmingham Cathedral, Royle Shore and the Revival of Early English Church Music / Suzanne Cole

On the Beat : The Victorian Policeman as Musician / Rachel Cowgill

The British military as a musical institution, c.1780-c.1860 / Trevor Herbert and Helen Barlow

Edward Jones, 'Bard to the King' : the Crown, Welsh National Music, and Identity in late-Georgian Britain / Meirion Hughes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

1409405834

9781409405832

9781409453567

1409453561

OCLC:

797978678

Publisher Number:

99952157518