| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Bluecoat Building: Origins and Continuity -- 2 Saving the Bluecoat, Regenerating the City -- 3 'A Live Arts Centre' -- 4 Where Village Hall Meets the Avant-garde -- 5 'A Dissident View': Bluecoat Exhibitions, 1967-2005 -- 6 Bechsteins and Beyond: Music at the Bluecoat, 1907-2017 -- 7 A Creative Community -- 8 Academics-in-Residence -- 9 A Reflection on Bluecoat's Tercentenary -- Bluecoat Timeline -- Further Reading -- Index |
| Summary |
This book tells the fascinating story of Bluecoat's transformation from 18th century charity school to Britain's first arts centre a century ago. Hosting music, visual art, performance and literature, it is described as where 'village hall meets the avant-garde', a unique venue at the heart of Liverpool's cultural life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bluecoat Display Centre (Liverpool, England)
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Art centers -- England -- Liverpool.
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Art centers. |
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England -- Liverpool. |
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Historic buildings -- England -- Liverpool.
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Historic buildings. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Biggs, Bryan, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1789621631 9781789621631 (OCoLC)1120970898 |
| ISBN |
9781800347472 (electronic book) |
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1800347472 (electronic book) |
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1789621631 |
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9781789621631 |
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