Christina Bashford

Violin Culture in Britain, 1870-1930

Music-making, Society, and the Popularity of Stringed Instruments

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A historical, thematically organised study of the unprecedented growth and popularity of stringed instruments in Britain from the Victorian era to 1930, this book examines the social spread of string playing, its infrastructure and grass-roots activities, and the presence of the violin in the British popular imagination of the time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108842877
• ISBN-10: 1108842879
• Artikelnr.: 70243036

Autorenporträt

Christina Bashford is Professor of Musicology at the School of Music, University of Illinois. She has published extensively on string quartets and chamber music concerts in Britain and is author of The Pursuit of High Culture: John Ella and Chamber Music in Victorian London (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Growth of a culture
Part I. People and Practicalities: 2. Starting out: equipment and instruction
3. Moving along: learning and attainment
4. Advanced training
5. Worlds of work
6. Playing together (1): 'Chamber' music
7. Playing together (2): Amateur orchestras
Part II. The Conceptual Presence of Strings: 8. The Idea of the violin: associations and allure
9. Sounding the nation(s)
Conclusion.