The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922-1936 : Shaping a Nation's Tastes (Music in the Twentieth Century)
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'Crammed with fresh source material out of the BBC's capacious archives, this book offers a major contribution to the history of music in 20th-century Britain.' BBC Music Magazine
' ... a major contribution to the history of music in 20th-century Britain.' BBC Music Magazine
'It is the most compulsively un-put-downable book I have read for a very long time.' Gramophone
Book Description
This book examines the BBC's campaign to raise the cultural awareness of British mass audiences in the early days of radio. As a specific case, it focuses on policies and plans behind transmissions of contemporary music between 1922, when the BBC was founded, and spring 1936. This reception study traces and analyzes the BBC's attempts to manipulate critical and public responses to this repertory.
The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922-1936 : Shaping a Nation's Tastes (Music in the Twentieth Century),Jennifer Doctor,Arnold Whittall,Cambridge University Press,052166117X,20th century,Avant garde (Music),British Broadcasting Corporati,General,Great Britain,History,History & Criticism - General,History and criticism,Music,Radio - History & Criticism,Radio Broadcasting,Radio and music,Social Aspects Of Music,20th century music,Berg, Alban,Music / General,Performances,Radio & television industry,Radio and music--Great Britain,Schoenberg, Arnold,Webern, Anton
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