Popular song in the 19th century / edited by Derek B. Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scott, Derek B., Editor.

Series:

Speculum musicae ; v. 46.

Speculum musicae ; volume XLVI

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Songs--19th century--History and criticism.

Songs.

Popular music--To 1901--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Popular music--History--19th century.

Popular music--Social aspects--History--19th century.

Popular music--Social aspects.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 358 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 27 cm.

Other Title:

Popular song in the nineteeth century

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, MMXXII.

Summary:

"Many new and exciting kinds of popular song emerged in the 19th century, and the contributors to this volume place the development and reception of these songs in their social and cultural context. The chapters are grouped into four parts. Part I investigates border crossings: an internationally known gondola song, popular songs in the Southern United States, the impact of American music in Germany, and Brazilian music in Europe. Part II concentrates on public and private spaces: the cabarets of Montmartre, salons in Berlin and Prague, popular songs and the church organ, and theatre songs in Portugal and Spain. Part III takes up the subject of social struggle: German protest songs, Hussitism and Czech songs, and Antebellum American popular songs. Part IV is concerned with matters of cultural identity: songs of Flanders, songs of the Russian 'Slavic spirit', urban songs in Greece after the War of Independence (1821), and rural and urban Serbian songs. Taken as a whole, the chapters reveal the importance of understanding different historical and cultural environments when investigating the subject matter, structure and meaning of 19th-century popular song"--Publisher.

"Many new and exciting kinds of popular song emerged in the 19th century, and the contributors to this volume place the development and reception of these songs in their social and cultural context. The chapters are grouped into four parts. Part I investigates border crossings: an internationally known gondola song, popular songs in the Southern United States, the impact of American music in Germany, and Brazilian music in Europe. Part II concentrates on public and private spaces: the cabarets of Montmartre, salons in Berlin and Prague, popular songs and the church organ, and theatre songs in Portugal and Spain. Part III takes up the subject of social struggle: German protest songs, Hussitism and Czech songs, and Antebellum American popular songs. Part IV is concerned with matters of cultural identity: songs of Flanders, songs of the Russian ‘Slavic spirit’, urban songs in Greece after the War of Independence (1821), and rural and urban Serbian songs. Taken as a whole, the chapters reveal the importance of understanding different historical and cultural environments when investigating the subject matter, structure and meaning of 19th-century popular song"--Publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The new popular songs of the nineteenth century / Derek B. Scott

'La Biondina in Gondoletta': the transnational success story of a popular gondola song / Henrike Rost

Between opera and popular song: the transformation of 'Va pensiero' in Victorian Britain / Chloe Valenti

Opera, lieder, or Stephen Foster?: popular song in the antebellum US South / Candace Bailey

"Wenn das Banjo zittert": Americanism in popular songs of the Wilhelmine era / Tobias Fasshauer

The twenty modinhas for voice and piano by Sigismund Neukomm and Joaquim Manoel Gago da Câmara: a 'transatlantic' partnership / Flávia Camargo Toni

Montmartre in its songs: between café-concert and cabaret (c. 1860-1914) / Michela Niccolai

Popular song in the (semi-)private domain?: considering the nineteenth-century salon within the context of popular culture / Anja Bunzel

Popular songs in the ecclesiastlcal context: discoveries in European and North American organ music of the 19th century / Eva-Maria de Oliveira Pinto

The Portuguese chansonnette at the end of the nineteenth century: the new popular song or a mini-comic scene? / Catarina Ribeiro Braga

Popular dance songs in the 19th century beyond the Spanish borders: La cachucha and Las habas verdes / María Encina Cortizo, Ramon Sobrino

Popular protest songs of the German Vormärz and 1848 revolution / David Robb

Master Jan Hus and Hussitism as the subject of Czech social songs in the first half of the 19th century / Viktor Velek

"He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord": politics in the antebellum American popular song / Wojciech Bernatowicz

"I know a song": two popular Flemish songs about singing a song / Jan Dewilde

Dialect verse and songwriting during the Irish cultural revival (1891-1922) / Áine Mulvey

Pesnja e Romans: the forms of the Russian art song at the beginning of the 19th century / Mirella Di Vita

Popular song in 19th-century Greece / Avra Xepapadakou

Serbian popular song in the 19th-century: their cultural and sociaI role / Marijana Kokanović Marković.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Cultural Transfer

`La Biondina in Gondoletta': The Transnational Success Story of a Popular Gondola Song / Henrike Rost

Between Opera and Popular Song: The Transformation of' Va pensiero' in Victorian Britain / Chloe Valenti

Opera, Lieder, or Stephen Foster? Popular Song in the Antebellum US South / Candace Bailey

<<Wenn das Banjo zittert>>: Americanism in Popular Songs of the Wilhelmine Era / Tobias Fasshauer

The Twenty modinhas for Voice and Piano by Sigismund Neukomm and Joaquim Manoel Gago da Camara: A `Transatlantic' Partnership / Flavia Camargo Toni

pt. II Private and Public Spaces

Montmartre in Its Songs: Between Cafe-concert and Cabaret (c. 1860-1914) / Michela Niccolai

Popular Song in the (Semi-)Private Domain? Considering the Nineteenth-Century Salon within the Context of Popular Culture / Anja Bunzel

Popular Songs in the Ecclesiastical Context: Discoveries in European and North American Organ Music of the 19th Century / Eva-Maria de Oliveira Pinto

The Portuguese Chansonnette at the End of the Nineteenth Century: The New Popular Song or a Mini-comic Scene? / Catarina Ribeiro Braga

Popular Dance Songs in the 19th Century beyond the Spanish Borders: La cacbucha and Las habas verdes / Ramon Sobrino

pt. III Social Struggle

Popular Protest Songs of the German Vormarz and 1848 Revolution / David Robb

Master Jan Hus and Hussitism as the Subject of Czech Social Songs in the First Half of the 19th Century / Viktor Velek

<<He's Gone to Be a Soldier in the Army of the Lord>>: Politics in the Antebellum American Popular Song / Wojciech Bernatowicz

pt. IV Cultural Identity

<<I Know a Song>>: Two Popular Flemish Songs about Singing a Song / Jan Dewilde

Dialect Verse and Songwriting during the Irish Cultural Revival (1891

1922) / Aine Mulvey

Pesnja e Romans: The Forms of the Russian Art Song at the Beginning of the 19th Century / Mirella Di Vita

Popular Song in 19th-Century Greece / Avra Xepapadakou

Serbian Popular Song in the 19th-Century: Their Cultural and Social Role / Marijana Kokanovic Markovic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

2503600786

9782503600789

OCLC:

1304399473