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Bandleader Mrs Mary Hamer and her boys : popular music and dance cultures in interwar Liverpool / Laura Hamer, Michael Brocken.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamer, Laura, author.
- Brocken, Michael, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in women in music, 2633-6871.
- Cambridge elements. Elements in women in music, 2633-6871
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women band directors--England--Liverpool--History--20th century--Biography.
- Women band directors.
- Band directors--England--Liverpool--History--20th century--Biography.
- Band directors.
- Band music--England--Liverpool--History--20th century.
- Band music.
- Dance music--England--Liverpool--History--20th century.
- Dance music.
- Liverpool (England)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Liverpool (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (69 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- The city of Liverpool is renowned for its popular music, although the formidable hagiography which has developed around the Beatles tends to dominate historical considerations to the virtual exclusion of the many other varied genres which have flourished in the city before, during, and after them. Within Liverpool's popular-music past is a partially hidden history of women's musical leadership. This Element concerns the Grafton Rooms' bandleader, dancer, and pianist Mary Hamer (1904-1992). Hamer led the otherwise all-male dance band at the Grafton for two decades, providing dancers with first-class dance music. The Element considers Hamer within the rapidly evolving dance music culture of interwar Liverpool, and discusses the different genres and sub-genres of popular music and dance presented at the Grafton and the role(s) of women in popular music and as bandleaders. This is contextualised within the contemporary social anxieties of popular dance cultures, sexuality, faith, class, and race.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Mar 2025).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-38884-3
- 1-009-38886-X
- 1-009-38883-5
- OCLC:
- 1574120234
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