| Description |
1 online resource (290 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on archives and other sources; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Prologue; Approach, methods, and sources; Precedents; Musicians as workers; Themes; 1 Musicians' organisations before 1893; Origins; The nineteenth century; Musicians' societies; Moves towards unionism; New unionism; The OA and the AMU; 2 Early days: the Amalgamated Musicians' Union, 1893-1918; Musical work in the 1890s; Union or association?; Defining the issues; Recruitment and industrial action |
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The AMU in the courtsGetting the message across; Political lobbying and campaigning; War; Conclusion; 3 Boom and bust: 1919-1933; From the AMU to the MU; Williams resigns; The profession; The arrival of broadcasting; Recordings; Crisis in the cinemas; Competition; More challenges; The Dance Band Section and MPPA; The trade union movement; Conclusion; 4 The politics of dancing: 1934-1945; Working life; Politics and internal machinations; Introducing a 'ban'; Shaping the Corporation; Performers' rights and PPL; War again; Conclusion; 5 Worlds of possibilities: 1946-1955; A survey |
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Bandleaders, composers, and semi-professionalsA leadership election; PPL, the BBC, and the post-war recording industry; The 1946 agreement; Broadcasting after 1947; Public performance; Internationalism; Challenging licensing; Aliens, orchestras, and jazz; Conclusion; 6 The beat generation: 1956-1970; Skiffle and records; Beat groups and session musicians; Orchestras; Internal affairs; A new leader; Keeping music live; Broadcasting; Copyright; Competition and exchanging musicians; Conclusion; 7 The John Morton years: 1971-1990; The changing MU; Commercial radio broadcasting; Annan's Report |
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A strike at the BBCThe return of the PRT; Trade union reform and a Commission; Conclusion; 8 Disharmony: 1991-2002; A report's fallout; Orchestral strife; Restructuring; Electoral problems; Conclusion; 9 Beginning again: the MU in the twenty-first century; Reorganising; Campaigning: live music and copyright; Equalities; The modern(ised) MU; Conclusion; Appendix: list of interviews; References; Index |
| Summary |
This critical account of the Musicians' Union from 1893-2013 explores the organisation's development as a set of responses to technological, industrial and socio-political changes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Musicians' Union (Great Britain) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Musicians' Union (Great Britain) fast |
| Subject |
Musicians -- Labor unions -- Great Britain
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Musicians -- Labor unions
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cloonan, Martin, author.
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| ISBN |
9781526108289 |
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1526108283 |
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