Printed Musical Propaganda in Early Modern England. By Joseph Arthur Mann

The Library ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-400
Author(s):  
Katherine Butler
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern England ◽  
Musical Propaganda

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Joseph Arthur Mann
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern England ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Musical Genres ◽  
Musical Propaganda

The introduction discusses the historiography of early modern England, the history of printing and censorship in that period, and the characteristics of the various musical genres used during that period as vehicles for propaganda. It shows that individuals across the social spectrum could access musical propaganda. It also shows that government censorship had a significant impact on print output. Finally, it provides an overview of the book’s content and exposes the author’s perspective on determining the propaganda designation of individual works.

Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 217-222
Author(s):  
Joseph Arthur Mann
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern England ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Moral Instruction ◽  
Broadside Ballads ◽  
Musical Propaganda

The conclusion provides a broad retrospective on the arguments presented and defended throughout the book. In addition, it also offers avenues of future research on the topic of musical propaganda in early modern England. For example, it suggests the presence of musical propaganda campaigns presenting moral instruction to individuals during the Elizabethan era, especially thorough broadside ballads. It also suggests a propaganda campaign prosecuted through the musical Birthday and New Year’s Day odes for William and Mary during their reign.

Printed Musical Propaganda in Early Modern England

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Arthur Mann
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Early Modern England ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Broadside Ballads ◽  
Musical Propaganda ◽  
Hearts And Minds ◽  
The Church

Printed Musical Propaganda in Early Modern England exposes a relationship between music and propaganda that crossed generations and genres, revealing how consistently music, in theory and practice, was used as propaganda in a variety of printed genres that included or discussed music from the English Civil Wars through the reign of William and Mary. These bawdy broadside ballads, pamphlets paid for by Parliament, sermons advertising the Church of England’s love of music, catch-all music collections, music treatises addressed to monarchs, and masque and opera texts, when connected in a contextual mosaic, reveal a new picture of not just individual propaganda pieces, but multi-work propaganda campaigns with contributions that cross social boundaries. Musicians, Royalists, Parliamentarians, government officials, propagandists, clergymen, academics, and music printers worked together setting musical traps to catch the hearts and minds of their audiences and readers. Printed Musical Propaganda proves that the influential power of music was not merely an academic matter for the early modern English, but rather a practical benefit that many sought to exploit for their own gain.

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