Imperialism and Music: Britain 1876-1953

by Jeffrey Richards

Book Overview

Music played a major role in the life of a global ideological phenomenon like the British Empire. This book demonstrates that music has to be recognised as one of the central characteristics of the cultural imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It begins with an account of the imperial music of Sir Edward Elgar and Sir Arthur Sullivan and the establishing of an imperial musical idiom. The book discusses the music composed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719061431
• ISBN13: 9780719061431
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"