| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 The Nineteenth- Century Songster; References; Part 1 Production, Function and Commerce; 2 American Secular Songsters in the Nineteenth Century; Introduction; Before 1820; 1820-1860; 1860s-1890s; After 1890; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; Online Resources; 3 The Prefaces to Songsters; Authorship and the Law; Dibdin and Burton: Law and Agency; Aesthetics; Performers and Their Reputations; Conclusion. |
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Songsters Referred To in the TextReferences; 4 The Genesis of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies, 1808-1834; References; Archives; Appendix; Part 2 Politics; 5 The US Presidential Campaign Songster, 1840-1900; Songsters Referred To in the Text; Songsters Not Referred To in the Text; Online Sources; References; 6 Friendship, Cosmopolitan Connections and Late Victorian Socialist Songbook Culture; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 7 'Confound Their Politics': The Political Uses of 'God Save the King-Queen'; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References. |
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8 Charles Robert Thatcher's SongstersIntroduction; Who Was Charles Thatcher?; 'There's Gold in Them Thar Hills'; The Victoria Songster; Thatcher's Colonial Songster and Thatcher's Colonial Minstrel; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; Part 3 Nation, Place and Purpose; 9 Rethinking the Songster and ƯNational-Cosmopolitan Identity in Lowland Scotland, c. 1787-1830; Introduction; Historical Background and Scottish Enlightenment Improvement; Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and the Songster; Allan Ramsay (1686-1758); George Thomson and the National Music of Scotland. |
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'Lochaber'Improvement and Representations of Scottish Gaelic Music; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 10 The Blackface Songster in Britain; Introduction; Early Blackface Songsters; Later Blackface Songsters; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 11 Popular Songsters and the British Military; The Origins of 'The Girl I Left Behind Me'; Popular Song in the British Military; Songsters; The British Army War-Song Album; Conclusion; Songsters Referred To in the Text; References; 12 Australian Songsters and the Australian Folk Song Movement. |
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Songsters and the Folk Song MovementSongsters Referred To in the Text; References; Index. |
| Summary |
This is the first book to detail the musical and cultural significance of the songster. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Songsters -- History and criticism.
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Songsters. |
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Popular music -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century.
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Popular music -- Social aspects. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Popular music. |
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Popular music -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
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Popular music -- To 1901 -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1901 |
| Subject |
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice. |
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MUSIC -- Lyrics. |
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Popular music -- Political aspects. |
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Watt, Paul, 1969- editor.
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Scott, Derek B., editor.
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Spedding, Patrick, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cheap print and popular song in the nineteenth century. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017 9781107159914 (DLC) 2017001505 (OCoLC)969439506 |
| ISBN |
9781108163347 (electronic book) |
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1108163343 (electronic book) |
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9781108162708 (electronic book) |
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1108162703 (electronic book) |
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1108163181 (electronic book) |
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9781108163187 (electronic book) |
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9781107159914 (hardcover) |
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1107159911 (print) |
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