Shaping English Identity in the Songbook Miscellany
Shaping English Identity in the Songbook Miscellany
Chapter 3 shows how many collections of printed music compiled miscellaneous pieces from opera and concerts, as well as folk tunes, drinking songs, and even instrumental music into anthologies that could be purchased. These collections offer the opportunity to understand what publishers believed would sell; in other words, songbooks betray the developing tastes of London audiences through the lens of miscellany print culture.
Keywords: Songbook, Anthology, Miscellany, Variety, Taste, Love, Eighteenth century, England, Music publishing, collection
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