Scripture and Song in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Hardcover)

This volume brings together new approaches to music history to reveal the interdependence of music and religion in nineteenth-century culture. As composers and performers drew inspiration from the Bible and new historical sciences called into question the historicity of Scripture, controversies raged over the performance, publication and censorship of old and new musical forms. From oratorio to opera, from parlour song to pantomime, and from hymn to broadside, nineteenth-century Britons continually encountered elements of the biblical past in song. Both elite and popular music came to play a significant role in the formation, regulation and contestation of religious and cultural identity and were used to address questions of class, nation and race, leading to the beginnings of ethnomusicology. This richly interdisciplinary volume brings together musicologists, historians, literary and art historians and theologians to reveal points of intersection between music, religion and cultural history.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2023
Editors:	James Grande (Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature) • Brian H Murray (Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature)
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-5013-7637-5
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-5013-7637-3
Barcode:	9781501376375

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