Debating English Music in the Long Nineteenth Century

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ling
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
English Music

scholarly journals But Is It Art? Female Performers in the Café-Concert

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (20) ◽  
pp. 334-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraldine Harris
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Large Majority ◽  
Popular Entertainment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Feminist Theatre ◽  
National Importance ◽  
English Music ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
The University

The Café-Concert as an object of study has tended to attract the interest of art rather than theatre historians, despite the fact that it was the major form of popular entertainment in France during the nineteenth century. Similar but not identical to the English music hall of the same period, the Café-Concert produced a number of stars of national importance, a large majority of whom were women. Through the writings of journalists and commentators of the period, this article explores how these female performers were perceived and constructed as objects of the public gaze. The author, Geraldine Harris, is a Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Lancaster, with interests in both popular and feminist theatre.

scholarly journals The English Catholic Dream of Gerontius: An Aesthetic Synthesis of Newman and Elgar

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-63
Author(s):  
Tavish Daly
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Fin De Siecle ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Musical Aesthetics ◽  
Limited Sample ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Limited Sample Size ◽  
English Music ◽  
Fin De Siècle

Due to inherent paradoxy and limited sample size, fin-de-siècle English Catholic aesthetics are difficult to define, especially in the case of music. At the turn of the nineteenth century, English music and Catholic theology underwent a period of intense development and reconstruction, yet the intersection of theology and musical aesthetics in this era is largely under-researched. This paper identifies one such intersection using two monumental figures in theology and music: John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) and composer Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Newman’s theology provided a basis on which fin-de-siècle artists and poets could express their faith; such figures are associated with decadence. For both Newman and Elgar, decadent Catholicism combined with the traditionally Protestant English environment resulted in a complex relationship with their country and the continent. This paper examines this complex and paradoxical relationship between faith and nationality, and thus defines English Catholic aesthetics as they are expressed by Newman and Elgar.

Musical Canons

2020 ◽  
pp. 318-342
Author(s):  
William Weber
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Chamber Music ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
String Quartets ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
Musical Life ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Popular Songs ◽  
English Music

This chapter analyzes the process by which separate musical canons emerged during the nineteenth century, dividing musical culture along lines still in existence today. Musical life expanded in both economic and aesthetic terms, creating a set of separate worlds governed by contrasting taste and cultural authority: orchestral and chamber music; operas in contrasting genres; and popular songs sung in public and private contexts. These cultural worlds developed separate canons and canonic repertories which interacted through competing ideologies. The opera world, which emerged as the main economic base of musical life, ended up focused on a repertory of old works in diverse genres. The classical music world took higher ground intellectually, with concerts by orchestras, string quartets, and vocal or instrumental. Popular music concerts related closely with the opera world, but developed their own events in the English music halls, French café-concerts, and German Variety shows.

Ferdinand Pelzer: An Introduction To A Neglected Achievement

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-250
Author(s):  
Stuart W. Button
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Vocal Music ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
National System ◽  
English Music

This article attempts to identify and evaluate the contribution made by Ferdinand Pelzer to English music education. Since the mid-nineteenth century Pelzer's work as a music teacher has largely been neglected; yet research into contemporary accounts suggests that his method of teaching singing was comparatively more successful than those of Mainzer, Wilhem and Hullah.Dr Button also explains Pelzer's method, setting it against a background of growing interest in vocal music, the establishment of the first national system of education, and the adoption of the Wilhem–Hullah music system for use in elementary schools.

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