International audienceDebate continues about the relationship of music hall culture to the working class. Some emphasize the working class themes of the songs, and the working class origins of the stars. Others consider the role of music hall to be that of a "culture of consolation" perhaps even imposed on workers from above. Writings on the music hall strike in London in 1907 have usually been limited to biographical anecdotes on the role of the stars in the dispute. Our article aims at using the reporting on the strike to examine the situation "behind the scenes" among this rather special group of wage-workers-working conditions and methods of organizing. In particular we will see how the strike contained most of the elements of a classic...
This article examines mid-nineteenth-century Anglo-French relations through the prism of musical sta...
Le spectacle vivant est objet d’histoire depuis quelques décennies. Toutefois, les travaux révèlent ...
This essay examines the politics of song writing and singing in working-class singing societies in P...
International audienceDebate continues about the relationship of music hall culture to the working c...
Debate continues about the relationship of music hall culture to the working class. Some emphasize t...
International audienceDebate continues about the relationship of music hall culture to the working c...
International audienceThe music hall in Britain has an image as old-time, classless entertainment, a...
The end of the nineteenth century marks the beginnings of the popular music industry. Although the s...
International audienceMy own speciality is the British music-hall, especially its later period, afte...
International audience“The Performer” was the union journal of the Variety Artistes Federation, whic...
Abstract: The article explores the historical significance and agency of itinerant showpeople, a mar...
This article reports initial findings of research into the history of the British Musicians' Un...
This article focuses on how automobile factory line-workers try to make the workplace more enjoyable...
The technical, commercial and cultural aspects of the advent of sound in the cinemas of several nati...
Durant l’entre-deux-guerres, le développement des commerces de danse de même que la médiatisation et...
This article examines mid-nineteenth-century Anglo-French relations through the prism of musical sta...
Le spectacle vivant est objet d’histoire depuis quelques décennies. Toutefois, les travaux révèlent ...
This essay examines the politics of song writing and singing in working-class singing societies in P...
International audienceDebate continues about the relationship of music hall culture to the working c...
Debate continues about the relationship of music hall culture to the working class. Some emphasize t...
International audienceDebate continues about the relationship of music hall culture to the working c...
International audienceThe music hall in Britain has an image as old-time, classless entertainment, a...
The end of the nineteenth century marks the beginnings of the popular music industry. Although the s...
International audienceMy own speciality is the British music-hall, especially its later period, afte...
International audience“The Performer” was the union journal of the Variety Artistes Federation, whic...
Abstract: The article explores the historical significance and agency of itinerant showpeople, a mar...
This article reports initial findings of research into the history of the British Musicians' Un...
This article focuses on how automobile factory line-workers try to make the workplace more enjoyable...
The technical, commercial and cultural aspects of the advent of sound in the cinemas of several nati...
Durant l’entre-deux-guerres, le développement des commerces de danse de même que la médiatisation et...
This article examines mid-nineteenth-century Anglo-French relations through the prism of musical sta...
Le spectacle vivant est objet d’histoire depuis quelques décennies. Toutefois, les travaux révèlent ...
This essay examines the politics of song writing and singing in working-class singing societies in P...