John Williamson, Martin Cloonan

Players' Work Time

A History of the British Musicians' Union, 1893â "2013

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For more than 120 years, the Musicians' Union has played a central role in the lives of musicians across the UK, taking part in most of the major agreements covering their employment. In spite of this, the organisation has largely been overlooked by historians of the music profession and trade unions. Players' work time aims to remedy the situation. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews with Union employees and members, it provides a comprehensive history of the organisation, from its founding in 1893 to the present day. In so doing, it gives new insight into the working lives of musicians and, through this, the industries they work in. What emerges is a history of confrontation, coercion and compromise played out in orchestras and bands across the nation's ballrooms, concert halls, cinemas, recording studios, radio stations and all the other places where music is performed and heard.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lund University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9781526113948
• ISBN-10: 1526113945
• Artikelnr.: 45713077

Autorenporträt

John Williamson is Research Associate in Music at the University of Glasgow Martin Cloonan is Professor of Popular Music Politics at the University of Glasgow

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Musicians' organisations before 1893 2. Early days: the Amalgamated Musicians' Union, 1893
1918 3. Boom and bust: 1919
33 4. The politics of dancing: 1934
45 5. Worlds of possibilities: 1946
55 6. The beat generation: 1956
70 7. The John Morton years: 1971
90 8. Disharmony: 1991
2002 9. Beginning again: the MU in the twenty
first century Conclusion Index