Sounds of Liberty: Music, Radicalism and Reform in the Anglophone World, 1790-1914

Hardback

Main Details

Title Sounds of Liberty: Music, Radicalism and Reform in the Anglophone World, 1790-1914
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kate Bowan
By (author) Mr. Paul A. Pickering
SeriesStudies in Imperialism
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:392
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreMusic
Colonialism and imperialism
ISBN/Barcode 9780719082740
ClassificationsDewey:306.484209033
Audience
General
Illustrations 18 black & white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 10 August 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Focussing on radicals and reformers this book explores the role of music in transmitting political culture across the Anglophone world over time and distance. It brings to light the importance of music in the lived experience of politics of those who composed, performed and consumed it. It provides an opportunity to hear history as it happened. -- .

Author Biography

Kate Bowan is Lecturer in the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at the Australian National University Paul Pickering is Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University -- .