Conclusion
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Kate Bowan
Abstract
The desire for new music to better support the imagined new socialist utopias burned brightly in Britain. The book shows that as the century wore on many expressions of musical culture, particularly song repertoire, underwent a kind of 'nativising' as it put down deeper roots in the soils of the Anglophone world. Under a blanket of sound, the sounds of liberty were vital to reaffirming common purpose, renewing commitment and nourishing solidarity. Music and music-making were central elements in the repertoire of popular politics for those who never ventured far from kith and kin, but they also sustained and nourished ties across space and time. The many examples cited in the book cover more than a century and tens of thousands of kilometres. They cross-cut and respond to many significant changes in the political ground rules and thus the actual objectives of reform.
Abstract
The desire for new music to better support the imagined new socialist utopias burned brightly in Britain. The book shows that as the century wore on many expressions of musical culture, particularly song repertoire, underwent a kind of 'nativising' as it put down deeper roots in the soils of the Anglophone world. Under a blanket of sound, the sounds of liberty were vital to reaffirming common purpose, renewing commitment and nourishing solidarity. Music and music-making were central elements in the repertoire of popular politics for those who never ventured far from kith and kin, but they also sustained and nourished ties across space and time. The many examples cited in the book cover more than a century and tens of thousands of kilometres. They cross-cut and respond to many significant changes in the political ground rules and thus the actual objectives of reform.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures viii
- Founding editor’s introduction x
- Acknowledgements xii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Songs of the world 32
- 2 The sound of marching feet 100
- 3 Votes for a song 140
- 4 ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ 165
- 5 Music, morals and the middle class 228
- 6 The challenges of uplift 264
- 7 ‘Sing of the warriors of labour’ 294
- Conclusion 345
- Index 363
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures viii
- Founding editor’s introduction x
- Acknowledgements xii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Songs of the world 32
- 2 The sound of marching feet 100
- 3 Votes for a song 140
- 4 ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ 165
- 5 Music, morals and the middle class 228
- 6 The challenges of uplift 264
- 7 ‘Sing of the warriors of labour’ 294
- Conclusion 345
- Index 363
