Sounds of the Metropolis: The 19th Century Popular Music Revolution in London, N

Description: Sounds of the Metropolis: The 19th Century Popular Music Revolution in London, New York, Paris and Vienna by Derek B. Professor Scott Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The phrase "popular music revolution" may instantly bring to mind such twentieth-century musical movements as jazz and rock n roll. In Sounds of the Metropolis, however, Derek Scott argues that the first popular music revolution actually occurred in the nineteenth century, illustrating how a distinct group of popular styles first began to assert their independence and values. He explains the popular music revolution as driven by social changes and theincorporation of music into a system of capitalist enterprise, which ultimately resulted in a polarization between musical entertainment (or "commercial" music) and "serious" art. He focuses on the key genres and styles that precipitated musical change at that time, and that continued to have an impact uponpopular music in the next century. Publisher Description The phrase "popular music revolution" may instantly bring to mind such twentieth-century musical movements as jazz and rock n roll. In Sounds of the Metropolis, however, Derek Scott argues that the first popular music revolution actually occurred in the nineteenth century, illustrating how a distinct group of popular styles first began to assert their independence and values. He explains the popular music revolution as driven by social changes and theincorporation of music into a system of capitalist enterprise, which ultimately resulted in a polarization between musical entertainment (or "commercial" music) and "serious" art. He focuses on the key genres andstyles that precipitated musical change at that time, and that continued to have an impact upon popular music in the next century. By the end of the nineteenth century, popular music could no longer be viewed as watered down or more easily assimilated art music; it had its own characteristic techniques, forms, and devices. As Scott shows, "popular" refers here, for the first time, not only to the musics reception, but also to the presence of these specific features of style. The shift inmeaning of "popular" provided critics with tools to condemn music that bore the signs of the popular-which they regarded as fashionable and facile, rather than progressive and serious. A fresh andpersuasive consideration of the genesis of popular music on its own terms, Sounds of the Metropolis breaks new ground in the study of music, cultural sociology, and history. Author Biography Derek B. Scott is Professor of Critical Musicology at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the author of the The Singing Bourgeois (2nd ed, 2001), From the Erotic to the Demonic: On Critical Musicology (OUP, 2003), editor of Music, Culture and Society: A Reader (OUP 2000), and general editor of Ashgates Popular and Folk Music Series. He has been at the forefront in identifying changes of critical perspective in music and sociology. Details ISBN 0199891877 ISBN-13 9780199891870 Title Sounds of the Metropolis: The 19th Century Popular Music Revolution in London, New York, Paris and Vienna Author Derek B. Professor Scott Format Paperback Year 2012 Pages 314 Publisher Oxford University Press, USA GE_Item_ID:137026649; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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