Song and Democratic Culture in Britain
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Song and Democratic Culture was published in a binary, Cold-War world and triggered controversy. While some critics castigated its Marxist approach, others enthused that ‘such unabashed partisanship amply reveals the outstanding characteristic of Watson's book’ (Janet Oppenheim, American Historical Review). Singer and musicologist Sam Richards praised it as ‘a polemical, even missionary book’ (Folk Music Journal). Dick Gaughan championed the author’s case for 'a consistent and workable aesthetic based on a class view of folk music'; and it was Gaughan and Billy Bragg who were motivated to rearrange and record ‘The Red Flag’ with its original folk tune, to challenge Watson’s hypothesis on labour and ‘dignified’ chorus music (p.216).
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Originally published in 1983. Song has always been a natural way to record everyday experiences - an expression of celebration, commiseration, complaint and protest. This innovative book is a study of popular and working-class song combining several approaches to the subject. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 258
- ISBN
- 9781138122307
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
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Song and Democratic Culture was published in a binary, Cold-War world and triggered controversy. While some critics castigated its Marxist approach, others enthused that ‘such unabashed partisanship amply reveals the outstanding characteristic of Watson's book’ (Janet Oppenheim, American Historical Review). Singer and musicologist Sam Richards praised it as ‘a polemical, even missionary book’ (Folk Music Journal). Dick Gaughan championed the author’s case for 'a consistent and workable aesthetic based on a class view of folk music'; and it was Gaughan and Billy Bragg who were motivated to rearrange and record ‘The Red Flag’ with its original folk tune, to challenge Watson’s hypothesis on labour and ‘dignified’ chorus music (p.216).
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