Music, Morality and Social Reform in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Name: Music, Morality and Social Reform in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Brand: Boydell Press
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By Paul Watt

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This book discusses the role of music in programmes of personal improvement and social reform in nineteenth-century Britain. The pursuit of morality through music was designed not just to improve personal and communal character but to affect social change and transformation. The book examines the musical education of children, women and men through a variety of literature published for various educational settings including mechanics' institutes. It also considers the role of music in narratives of social programs and community-building projects that sought to promote utility, well-being and freedom from the strictures of Christianity as the dominant moral and cultural force. The first book to connect the threads between music, moral instruction and social reform across the educational life cycle in nineteenth-century Britain, it shows how these threads are found in unlikely places, such as games, manners books, economics treatises and short stories. It deftly illustrates the links between everyday life, popular culture and discourses of morality and social reform of the period.

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Number of Pages:: 228
Release Date:: 2023-11-21
Publication Date:: 2023-11-21
Publisher:: Boydell Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1837650810
ISBN13:: 9781837650811
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 511 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 17 cm

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