John Williamson, Martin Cloonan

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A history of the British Musicians' Union, 1893-2013

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is about musicians' working lives in Britain from the late Victorian era to the present day. Using the Musicians' Union as a prism through which to explore those lives, the book illuminates the key factors which shape musicians' working lives including such things as changes in technology, law and the music industries, while also considering matters of nationality, gender and genre. Anyone interested in music and the people who make it will be interested in this history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Zando
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526108296
• Artikelnr.: 48796008

Autorenporträt

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