Music and Society in Cork, 1700-1900 /

This book presents, for the first time, an in-depth and wide-ranging study of public musical life in Cork from the early eighteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. The city's strategic location facilitated rapid economic growth during the eighteenth century, and urban social patte...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Regan, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Music > Social aspects > Ireland > Cork > History > 19th century.
Music > Social aspects > Ireland > Cork > History > 18th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Ireland's second city
  • 2. Public concerts in the eighteenth century
  • 3. Music and the established church to 1820
  • 4. 'Spirited Lessees' : opera and theatre music to 1840
  • 5. 'A refined public:' music for charity and amusement
  • 6. 'Talented townsmen' : mobility and opportunity, 1820-1840
  • 7. 'Cultural explosion' : diversity on the concert platform, 1830-1840
  • 8. 'Rational recreation' : the spread of amateur music-making, 1840-1870
  • 9. Catholicism and music, 1800-1900
  • 10. 'A glorious future.'

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