1st Edition
Singing the English Britain in the French Musical Lowbrow, 1870–1904
By Hannah L. Scott
Copyright 2022
254 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
254 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
254 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Late nineteenth-century France was a nation undergoing an identity crisis: the uncertain infancy of the Third Republic and shifting alliances in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War forced France to interrogate the fundamental values and characteristics at the heart of its own national identity. Music was central to this national self-scrutiny. It comes as little surprise to us that Oriental fears,... Read more
Introduction
Chapter One
Singing the English: At the Café-Concert
Chapter Two
Singing for Salvation: Music and British Evangelism in France
Chapter Three
Singing the Celts: British Folk Music and French Identity
Chapter Four
Singing in London: Dubious Music in French Travel Writing
Epilogue
Biography
Hannah L. Scott is a Research Fellow at Newcastle University, with a particular interest in the world of performance in nineteenth-century France, especially popular songs, dance culture, and street spectacles. Her first monograph, Broken glass, broken world: glass in French culture in the aftermath of 1870, was published by Legenda in 2016.
