Title Music and world-building in the colonial city : Newcastle, NSW, and its townships, 1860-1880 / Helen J. English

Edition 1st Published London : Routledge, 2020

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) Series Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain Ser Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain Ser Contents Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Music-making at the coalface of the empire -- 2. The sights and sounds of the Coalopolis -- 3. Aspirations and transposed traditions -- 4. Music's affordances in the settler context: Brass bands and the self, body and the social -- Case study 1: Miners' demonstration of 1874 -- 5. Choirs at the local and global: Community makers, vehicles of respectability and colonial connectivity -- 6. Singing, eisteddfodau and identity Case study 2: Nostalgia: A transnational concert at Lambton -- 7. The minstrel mask: Blackface miners at work and play -- 8. Social inclusion: What township benefit concerts reveal about township values -- 9. Final thoughts -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- General Index Summary "Music and World-Building in the Colonial City investigates how nineteenth-century migrants to Australia used music as a resource for world-building, focusing on coal-mining regions of New South Wales. It explores how music-making helped British migrants to create communities in unfamiliar country, often with little to no infrastructure. Its key themes are: people's relationships to music within specific contexts how music making intersects with class, gender and ethnic background identity through music. Situated within a wider discourse on music and identity, music and well-being and music and emotions, this is an authoritative study of historical communities and their relationship with music. It will be of particular interest to scholars and researchers working in the fields of sociomusicology, colonial studies and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes <P>Chapter 1 (Introduction): Music Making at the Coalface</P><P>Chapter 2: The Sights and Sounds of the Coalopolis, 1860-1880</P><P>Chapter 3: Aspirations and Transposed Traditions</P><P>Chapter 4: Music's Affordances in the Settler Context: Brass Bands and the Self, Body and the Social.</P><P>Case Study 1: Brass Bands as the Apotheosis of World-Building: The Miners' Demonstration of 1874</P><P>Chapter 5: Choirs Local and Global: Community makers, Vehicles of Respectability and Colonial Connectivity</P><P>Chapter 6: Singing, Eisteddfodau and Identity</P><P>Case Study 2: Nostalgia: A Transnational Concert at Lambton</P><P>Chapter 7: The Minstrel Mask: Blackface Miners at Work and Play</P><P>Chapter 8: Social Inclusion: What Township Benefit Concerts reveal about Township Values</P><P>Postlude: Conclusions</P> Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed Subject Music -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Newcastle (N.S.W.) -- History -- 19th century Coal miners -- Australia -- Newcastle (N.S.W.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century British -- Australia -- Newcastle (N.S.W.) -- History -- 19th century British Coal miners -- Social life and customs Emigration and immigration Manners and customs Music -- Social aspects SUBJECT Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Newcastle (N.S.W.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Subject Australia New South Wales -- Newcastle Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780429663413 0429663412 9780429666131 0429666136 9780429660696 0429660693 9780429022678 0429022670

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