Europe, Empire, and Spectacle in Nineteenth-century British Music

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Europe, Empire, and Spectacle in Nineteenth-century British Music is written by Rachel Cowgill and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0754652084 (ISBN 10) and 9780754652083 (ISBN 13).

This volume illuminates musical connections between Britain and the continent of Europe, and Britain and its Empire. The seldom-recognized vitality of musical theatre and other kinds of spectacle in Britain itself, and also the flourishing concert life of the period, indicates a means of defining tradition and identity within nineteenth-century British musical culture. The volume benefits not only from new archival research, but also from fresh musicological approaches and interdisciplinary methods that recognize the integral role of music within a wider culture.