- Hardcover: 316 pages
- Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited; illustrated edition edition (28 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0754650766
- ISBN-13: 978-0754650768
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 2.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,259,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- See Complete Table of Contents
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
As a popular music, the evolution of jazz is tied to the contemporary sociological situation. Jazz was brought from America into a very different environment in Britain and resulted in the establishment of parallel worlds of jazz by the end of the 1920s: within the realms of institutionalized culture and within the subversive underworld. Parsonage demonstrates the importance of image and racial stereotyping in shaping perceptions of jazz, and leads to the significant conclusion that the evolution of jazz in Britain was so much more than merely an extension or reflection of that in America. The book examines the cultural and musical antecedents of the genre, including minstrel shows and black musical theatre, within the context of musical life in Britain in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Parsonage is particularly concerned with the public perception of jazz in Britain and provides close analysis of the early European critical writing on the subject. The processes through which an evolution took place are considered by looking at the methods of introducing jazz in Britain, through imported revue shows, sheet music, and visits by American musicians. Subsequent developments are analysed through the consideration of modernism and the Jazz Age as theoretical constructs and through the detailed study of dance music on the BBC and jazz in the underworld of London. The book concludes in the 1930s by which time the availability of records enabled the spread of 'hot' music, affecting the live repertoire in Britain. Parsonage therefore sheds entirely new light on the development of jazz in Britain, and provides a deep social and cultural understanding of the early history of the genre.
About the Author
Dr Catherine Parsonage is Research Fellow at Leeds College of Music, UK.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
The established view of the history of jazz in Britain is that it began in 1919 with the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
The established view of the history of jazz in Britain is that it began in 1919 with the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon U.K.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Music, Stage & Screen > Music > Styles > Jazz
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
