ABSTRACT
Originally published in 2003 and selected from papers given at the third biennial conference on Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain, this volume, in common with its two predecessors, reflects the interdisciplinary character of the topic. The introductory essay by Julian Rushton considers some of the questions that are key to this area of study: what is the nineteenth century, what is British music, and did London influence the continent? The essays that follow are divided into broad thematic groups covering aspects of gender, church music, national identity, and local and national institutions.
This collection illustrates that while nineteenth-century British music studies is still in its infancy as a field of research, it is one that is burgeoning and contributing to our understanding of British social and cultural life of the period.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|62 pages
Issues of Gender
chapter Chapter One|18 pages
‘Leader of Fashion in Musical Thought’
part Two|72 pages
Church Music
chapter Chapter Four|38 pages
‘Hark an awful voice is sounding’
chapter Chapter Six|18 pages
‘The highest point up to that time reached by the combination of Hebrew and Christian sentiment in music’
part Three|58 pages
National Identity
chapter Chapter Seven|16 pages
English National Identity and the Comic Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
chapter Chapter Eight|18 pages
‘Unfurl the Flag and Federate’
chapter Chapter Nine|24 pages
Singing the Songs of Scotland
part Four|101 pages
National and Local Institutions